To determine: The person who made the correct choices.
Answer to Problem 54E
The friend is correct with his choice.
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The equations:
Equation 1
Equation 2
The values of x determined by the friend =
The solutions obtained by you =
Calculation:
The given equations are
Equation 1
Equation 2
Rewrite the equation (2) as:
Here, if we start with equation (2), then it is easy to solve the equation (1).
Substitute y for x in the equation (1) and simplify.
Take square root of each side on the above equation.
Thus, the solutions are
Hence, the friend is correct with his choice.
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