SOLUTION: solve for a and b. 0=a^2-b^2 1=2ab

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Question 235591: solve for a and b.
0=a^2-b^2
1=2ab

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Since , we can say

Hence,

Since , we can say

Since , we know that and must have the same sign. Therefore we can now say that

But since , we now can say and therefore

Rationalizing the denominator:




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