Can a matrix element be an outer product of two matrices

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Suppose I have a matrix P = \begin{bmatrix}x⊗x&x⊗y\\y⊗x&y⊗y\end{bmatrix} which is equal to another matrix Q = \begin{bmatrix}a&b\\c&d\end{bmatrix}.

Is it possible to solve for x and y.

Since xy and yx are equal to b and c and are not the same, the elements in the matrix P are outer product of two matrices x and y.

Is it possible to solve for x and y such that xy and yx can be made predictable.

Kindly let me know if I am not clear.

Thank you for the kind help.