SOLUTION: Please help. solve {ax + by = b - a {bx - ay = b - a

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{ax + by = b - a
{bx - ay = b - a

Answer by pradhyumna.kumar@gmail.com(62)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
ax + by = b - a
bx - ay = b - a solving two equations by elimination method after cancelling y we get
(a^2 - b^2) x = - (a-b)^2 we get, x = (a-b)/a+b) y = (b-a)(b+2a)/b(a+b)

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