SOLUTION: Can you please help me understand how to solve Y = -x2 + 2x + 4 x+y = 4 (that is -x squared)

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Question 1168993: Can you please help me understand how to solve
Y = -x2 + 2x + 4
x+y = 4
(that is -x squared)

Answer by ikleyn(52772)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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From the second equation, you express  y = 4-x  and substitute it into the first equation, replacing "y" there


    4 - x = -x^2 + 2x + 4.


Now you just have one single quadratic equation.


Reduce it to the standard form quadratic equation, collecting all the terms in one side (on the left, in this case)


    x^2 - 3x = 0.


Solve by factoring


    x*(x-3) = 0.


The roots are x= 0  and  x= 3.


The solutions to the system are  (x,y) = (0,4)  and  (x,y) = (3,1).    ANSWER


You can check the answer by substituting the found solution values of x and y into the original system.

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