How do I transform f(U,V) to f(X,Y) when U and V follow a specific distribution?

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given
f(U,V) = \lambda^{2} e^{-(u+v)\lambda}

How do I get:
f(X,Y)
where
X = U+V
Y =UV

all I'm able to get is
f(X,Y) = \lambda^{2} \e^{-(x)\lambda} |J|

where J is the Jacobian.
But the Jacobian is too complicated since I was able to solve that:
U = \frac{X + \sqrt{X^{2} - 4Y}}{2}
and
V = \frac{2Y}{X + \sqrt{X^{2} - 4Y}}

help please.
 
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Why do you need the Jacobian? You're not finding df, or anything like that.
 
I neglect to mention above that f(U,V) and f(X,Y) are density functions

that is
f(U,V) = \lambda^{2} e^{-(u+v)\lambda}
for
u \geq 0, v\geq 0

isn't the Jacobian needed when you are transforming variables for a distribution?
 
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