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In this paper the author considers the alternative Cauchy equation \[ f(x+y)-f(x)-f(y)\neq 0 \text{implies} g(x+y)-g(x)-g(y)=0. \] Here \(f\) and \(g\) are defined on and having values in the additive group of real numbers. There are two problems treated in the paper: the extension of the solutions and the characterization of the optimal solutions. In the first part the author solves the extension problem, and in the second part a necessary and sufficient condition for the optimality of a pair \((f,g)\) of solutions is given. (Optimality of a solution \((f,g)\) means that the set of all pairs \((x,y)\) for which \(f(x+y)=f(x)+f(y)\) and \(g(x+y)=g(x)+g(y)\), resp., are disjoint.).