goodparleyandorfing

Hi all - this is getting on my nerves so I thought i'd throw it out there. very rusty maths, and I could be missing something obvious etc but etc but etc..

But i'm trying to retrieve two input values from only the difference between them and their ratio. this patch should illustrate the problem.. 

Hi all - this is getting on my nerves so I thought i'd throw it out there. very rusty maths, and I could be missing something obvious etc but etc but etc..
But i'm trying to retrieve two input values from only the difference between them and their ratio. this patch should illustrate the problem.. 


maths-problem-anyone

A++ to Alexandre. I've been staring at a screen for 8hrs too long..

A++ to Alexandre. I've been staring at a screen for 8hrs too long..
thanks


That's not too hard. You could probably do if with one expr as well, but I don't use them much:

lest anyone else looking at this get really confused by Alexandre's solution, he solved the problem shown in the patch (where the "difference" value is actually 

) while Bas van der Graaff solved the problem actually described (the difference being 

lest anyone else looking at this get really confused by Alexandre's solution, he solved the problem shown in the patch (where the "difference" value is actually 2x - y) while Bas van der Graaff solved the problem actually described (the difference being x - y).


math(s) problem anyone?