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Solve the following system of equations:
$\frac{5}{x+y} -\frac{2}{x-y}=-1$
$\frac{15}{x+y}+\frac{7}{x-y}=10$
Given:
The given system of equations is:
$\frac{5}{x+y} -\frac{2}{x-y}=-1$
$\frac{15}{x+y}+\frac{7}{x-y}=10$
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,
$\frac{5}{x+y} -\frac{2}{x-y}=-1$
$5u-2v=-1$
$5u-2v+1=0$---(i)
$\frac{15}{x+y}+\frac{7}{x-y}=10$
$15u+7v=10$
$15u=10-7v$
$u=\frac{10-7v}{15}$---(ii)
Substituting $u=\frac{10-7v}{15}$ in equation (i), we get,
$5(\frac{10-7v}{15})-2v+1=0$
$\frac{10-7v}{3}=2v-1$
$10-7v=3(2v-1)$
$10-7v=6v-3$
$6v+7v=10+3$
$13v=13$
$v=\frac{13}{13}$
$v=1$
Using $v=1$ in equation (i), we get,
$5u-2(1)+1=0$
$5u-2+1=0$
$5u-1=0$
$5u=1$
$u=\frac{1}{5}$
Using the values of $u$ and $v$, we get,
$\frac{1}{x+y}=\frac{1}{5}$
$\Rightarrow x+y=5$.....(iii)
$\frac{1}{x-y}=1$
$\Rightarrow x-y=1$.....(iv)
Adding equations (iii) and (iv), we get,
$x+y+x-y=5+1$
$2x=6$
$x=\frac{6}{2}$
$x=3$
Substituting the value of $x$ in (iv), we get,
$3-y=1$
$y=3-1$
$y=2$
Therefore, the solution of the given system of equations is $x=3$ and $y=2$.