Maths - can't for the life of me figure this one out

[[FnG]magnolia]

Hang on... how do you have a single mathematic?

Are you really at University? Really?

 

[lord filbuster]

1.62x - y = 0
-x + 0.62y = 0

Need a pair of values from the set of values for x and y.

Anyone...help?

You must have made a typo. the only solution to that is x=0 y=0.

 

[muon]

For instance, I know a pair of answers would be x=~0.53 and y=~0.85 but don't know how to get them.

(x,y) = (0,0)

is only one solution.

Both equations given are the same equation. Hence 1 equation + 2 variables gives infinite solutions. The solution is a line going through (0,0).

*prepares for a really obvious mistake to be shown*

edit:

This is if you ignore the very small rounding error.