Can Mathcad solve circular function definitions?

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How do I get MathCAD to solve sets of differential equations with circular equation definitions?

By expanding the equations to the below, I managed to get Mathcad to solve it.

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But I'd really like to be able to have MathCAD solve the original set of equations as shown below. As you can see, it's complaining that the red-boxed functions are undefined. The specific error message is "This variable is undefined. Check that the label is set correctly."

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I'm honestly impressed that MathCAD can solve the expanded of equations which are still circular, but I'm confused why it won't accept the second, unexpanded set.