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Solve the following system of equations:
$\frac{22}{x+y} +\frac{15}{x-y}=5$
$\frac{55}{x+y}+\frac{45}{x-y}=14$
Given:
The given system of equations is:
$\frac{22}{x+y} +\frac{15}{x-y}=5$
$\frac{55}{x+y}+\frac{45}{x-y}=14$
To do:
We have to solve the given system of equations.
Solution:
Let $\frac{1}{x+y}=u$ and $\frac{1}{x-y}=v$
This implies, the given system of equations can be written as,
$\frac{22}{x+y} +\frac{15}{x-y}=5$
$22u+15v=5$
$22u+15v-5=0$---(i)
$\frac{55}{x+y}+\frac{45}{x-y}=14$
$55u+45v=14$
$55u=14-45v$
$u=\frac{14-45v}{55}$---(ii)
Substituting $u=\frac{14-45v}{55}$ in equation (i), we get,
$22(\frac{14-45v}{55})+15v-5=0$
$\frac{2(14-45v)}{5}=5-15v$
$28-90v=5(5-15v)$
$28-90v=25-75v$
$90v-75v=28-25$
$15v=3$
$v=\frac{3}{15}$
$v=\frac{1}{5}$
Using $v=\frac{1}{5}$ in equation (i), we get,
$22u+15(\frac{1}{5})-5=0$
$22u+3-5=0$
$22u-2=0$
$22u=2$
$u=\frac{2}{22}$
$u=\frac{1}{11}$
Using the values of $u$ and $v$, we get,
$\frac{1}{x+y}=\frac{1}{11}$
$\Rightarrow x+y=11$.....(iii)
$\frac{1}{x-y}=\frac{1}{5}$
$\Rightarrow x-y=5$.....(iv)
Adding equations (iii) and (iv), we get,
$x+y+x-y=11+5$
$2x=16$
$2x=\frac{16}{2}$
$x=8$
Substituting the value of $x$ in (iv), we get,
$8-y=5$
$y=8-5$
$y=3$
Therefore, the solution of the given system of equations is $x=8$ and $y=3$.