System of $2$ nonlinear DEs

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Please tell me if I'm on the right track for solving the following system:

$$\frac{d{U}}{dt}=a - b U -\frac{\beta U V}{U+V} \\ \frac{d{V}}{dt}=\frac{\beta U V}{U+V}-(b+c+d)V $$

Steps:

$1.$ I added the two equations to get $$\frac{d{U}}{dt}+b U=a-(b+c+d)V-\frac{d{V}}{dt}$$

$2.$ Then I solved for $U$.

$3.$ Then I solved the equation in Step $1$ for $V$.

$4.$ Now I am plugging in the expression for $U$ into the equation for $V$ (because it looks easier than plugging in the other way around).

Thanks for any help!