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Question 155441: please help me to fin the answer of this question : ab+a-b=2001, find the value of a and b. if a and b are a real number. Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
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You have 1 equation in 2 unknowns, so no solution is possible. You can only find one variable in terms of the other:
ab+a-b=2001
a(*b+1)-b = 2001
a = (2001+b)/(b+1)
Or,
b*(a-1)+a=2001
b = (2001-a)/(a-1)
