R is not the right tool for all things. This looks like a job for a computer
algebra system.

That said, R **does** have at least one interface to such a system. See the
Ryacas package (check my capitalization, which may be wrong). HelpeRs may
provide you with others.

-- Bert

On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 5:02 AM, Bogaso Christofer <
bogaso.christofer@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all, I have a system of simultaneous equations with 2 unknowns as
> follows:
>
>
>
> x*y + (1-x) = 0.05
>
> x*(y - .5)^2 + (1-x)*0.6 = 0.56^2
>
>
>
> Ofcourse I can do it manually however wondering whether there is any direct
> way in R available to get the solution of this system?
>
>
>
> Thanks and regards,
>
>
>
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