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Given Parameters :

x^2 + y^2 = a ; x+y = b then xy = ??

Formulas to be remebered = (a+b)^2 = a^2 + b^2 +2ab

Writing (a+b)^2 in terms of (x+y)^2

> (x+y)^2 = x^2 + y^2 +2xy
> Substituting x+y = b and x^2 + y^2 = a in the formulae
> b^2 = a + 2xy
> b^2 - a = 2xy
> xy = (b^2-a)/2

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