SOLUTION: x+y=7.4. & x^x+y^y=514.2

Question 1183434: x+y=7.4. & x^x+y^y=514.2

Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

I seriously doubt there is a purely algebraic way to solve this problem.

Solve the first equation for one variable in terms of the other, substitute in the second equation, and solve using a graphing calculator.

A graph....

Numerical approximate answers:
x=3.142
x=4.258

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