Solving for 4 unknowns with 2 linear equations

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Actually, I was working on a physics problem, but the question which I had was a kind of math question. So, I encountered the following problem. While solving the Schrodinger equation for some potential and using the boundary conditions for the solutions such that I had 2 equations which 4 unknowns $A,B,k$ and $q$- $$A+B=Ae^{i(k-q)L}+Be^{-i(k+q)L}$$ $$ik(A-B)-ik(Ae^{i(k-q)L}-Be^{-i(k+q)L})=\frac{g_0}{L}(A+B)$$ where $g_0$ and $L$ are constants.

Now, is there any way to solve these equations for some family of solutions? Also, why would that method work? Any sort of help is appreciated.

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One way is to solve the first for $A$ to get $$ A = B \frac{e^{-i(k+q)L}-1}{1-e^{-i(k-q)L}} $$ and plug that into the second one...