x-y =7
x² + y = 149
simultaneous equations
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If x-y=3 and x²+y²=185, what is x and y?
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Tipper Rumpf
Answered 2 years ago
Well, let’s see. We start with
x−y=3
x2+y2=185
The first equation is the equation of a line. The second equation is the equation for a circle centered at zero. If the line does not touch the circle, there will be no solutions. If the line just touches the circle as a tangent, there will be only one solution. Otherwise, the line will cross two parts of the circle and there will be two solutions.
Step 1 — Solve line equation for y
y=x−3
Step 2 — Substitute this into the circle equation.
x2+(x−3)2=185
Step 3 — Solve Step 2 equation for x
x2+x2−6x+9=185
2x2−6x−176=0
x2−3x−88=0
Step 4 — Apply quadratic equation to calculate x
x=−(−3)±(−3)2−4(1)(−88)√2(−88)
x1=11 and x2=−8
Step 5 — Plug these values into the equation in Step 1 to get y
y1=x1−3=11−3=8
y2=x2−3=−8−3=−11
The final answers are (11,8) and (-8,-11)