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Solution
Moving all variables to one side of the equation, we can use Simon's Favorite Factoring Trick to factor the equation into ![\[(x+1)(y-1) = -1\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/1/a/c/1ac3e870b41f0001119009c86cbdaec0d369a6e3.png)
Plugging in 
and 
as the 
and 
sides respectively, we get 
and 
. Plugging this in to 
gives us 
as our final answer.
