Simultaneous Equations with Roots



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You've done simultaneous equations and surds, but have you done them together?


Warm-up:


Solve Simultaneously

x+y=11 x+y=7

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Solution:

The solution:

The equations imply that x,y>0.
Both equations have integers on the RHS
implying x,y,x,y are elements of the integers
moreover x,y are perfect squares
so 0<x<7 and 0<y<11.
So x∈{1,4} and y∈{1,4,9}.
Therefore x=4 and y=9
Are there any other solutions?



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