Solving an equation (or a system) and using the result in further calculations

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Nothice that this doesn't actually assign any of these values to x or y:  These are simply a set of rules allowing you to assign these solutions to x and y.

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To actually use these solutions, try the following:

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This assigns the set of solutions "rules" to the name "systemSolutions"

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Now, we can plug ALL of those solutions into an expression in x and y at the same time:

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Or, you can get numerical values for these by:

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Converted by Mathematica      September 13, 2000