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In this case, rather than working with the awkward numbers, you may
find it easier to substitute $\alpha = 0.99999$ and solve the
equations algebraically, and finally substitute $0.99999$ for
$\alpha$ to find the numerical solutions.
To explain the solutions think about the geometry associated with
these equations.