TITLE: Wolfram Alpha: How to define constants in a system of equations?
QUESTION [9 upvotes]: I'd like to use WA to solve a small system of nonlinear equations, that involve both constants and the variables of interest.  How do I "tell" WA which variables are the constants, and which are the ones I want it to solve for?

REPLY [13 votes]: Solve [equations separated by commas] for [variables separated by commas]
In Wolfram Mathematica it's Solve[{eq1,eq2,...},{x1,x2,...}] so it should work in WA too.

REPLY [3 votes]: The following works for me 
solve  a+b+x -y = 5 , b-x-y = 10 for x and y 

or 
solve  a+b+x-y = 5 , b-x-y +z= 10, x+z=0 for x ,y, z 

See the results here or here.