Let's take an example where that is the case: y = f(x) = -3x-6 has this table of values: x | y -3 | 3 1 |-9 -6 |12 -5 | 9 y = g(x) = 4x+36 has this table of values x | y -8 | 4 -6 |12 1 |40 -9 | 0 As we see above, the table of values for the equation y = f(x) contains an x value of -6 and a corresponding y value of 12, as does the table of values for the equation y = g(x). What we want to know is which of these must be the solution to this equation: f(x) = g(x) Substitute what f(x) equals for f(x) and what g(x) equals for g(x) in that equation, like this -3x-6 = 4x+36 Find the solution to that, then answer the question asked. Edwin