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2/3x+y=5/x-2y=17/3
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There are several answers, depending on the interpretation of the question. Here are some of them.

(1) 2/(3x+y)=5/(x-2y)=17/3?

Take one pair of the expressions:

2/(3x+y)=17/3, cross-multiplying:

6=17(3x+y)=51x+17y, 17y=6-51x, so 34y=12-102x.

Take another pair of the expressions:

5/(x-2y)=17/3, cross-multiply:

15=17(x-2y)=17x-34y, substituting for 34y:

15=17x-12+102x,

27=119x, x=27/119; 17y=6-51x=6-51(27/119)=6-81/7=(42-81)/7=-39/7, y=-39/119.

So x=27/119, y=-39/119.

(2) [2/(3x)]+y=(5/x)-2y=17/3?

[2/(3x)]+y=17/3, multiply through by 3x:

2+3xy=17x,

3xy=17x-2, so 6xy=34x-4.

(5/x)-2y=17/3, multiply through by 3x:

15-6xy=17x, substitute for 6xy:

15-34x+4=17x,

19=51x, x=19/51,

2+(19/17)y=17(19/51)=19/3,

(19/17)y=19/3-2=13/3,

y=(13/3)(17/19)=221/57.

So, x=19/51, y=221/57.

(3) ⅔x+y=5/(x-2y)=17/3?

2x+3y=17, x=½(17-3y).

15=17x-34y=17(17-3y)/2-34y,

30=289-51y-68y=289-119y,

119y=259, y=259/119=37/17.

x=½(17-111/17)=178/34=89/17.

So, x=89/17, y=37/17.

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