SOLUTION: sove: x-y=0 y=x to the power of 2

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Question 37992: sove:
x-y=0
y=x to the power of 2

Answer by fractalier(6550)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We have
x - y = 0 and
y = x^2
We can substitute x^2 in for y in the first equation and solve for x:
x - x^2 = 0
x(1 - x) = 0
so x = 0 or x = 1
Then by plugging back, we see that
If x = 0 , y = 0 and
If x = 1 , y = 1

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