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If x^2 + y^2 =2 and xy = 1, find x^2-y^2
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If
x^2 + y^2 =2 (1) and
xy = 1, (2)
then x = , = and, after substituting it into (1), you get this equation for the single unknown y
+ = 2, which is the same as
- 2 + = 0, or
= 0, which implies
y = 1/y and then y^2 = 1; finally, y = 1 OR y= -1.
If y = 1, then, obviously x = +/-1; If y = -1, then, again, x = +/-1.
Taking into account that xy = 1, you can conclude that the solutions to (1),(2) are these two pairs (two points): (1,1) and (-1,-1).
And you can easily check that in both cases - = 0.
Answer. If x^2 + y^2 =2 and xy = 1, then x^2-y^2 = 0.
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