If (x+sqrt(x^2+1))(y+sqrt(y^2+1))=1 what is x+y?
2 Answers
Sep 3, 2016
Explanation:
Let
Then:
(x+sqrt(x^2+1))(y+sqrt(y^2+1)) = (sqrt(x^2+1)+x)(sqrt(x^2+1)-x)
color(white)((x+sqrt(x^2+1))(y+sqrt(y^2+1))) = (x^2+1)-x^2
color(white)((x+sqrt(x^2+1))(y+sqrt(y^2+1))) = 1
So
To see that this is the only possible value of
So if
Sep 3, 2016
Explanation:
If
Solving
we obtain
then