document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1018518>Question 1018518</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Stuck on this one any help would be appreciated!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If -4(x-1)=y^2 and 1=(((x-4)^2)/9)+((y^2)/4), how many solutions does this system have?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer is 1 solution </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(x-4)^2/9)+ y^2/4 = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Sub for y^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-4)^2/9) -4(x-1)/4 = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-4)^2/9) -x + 1 = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-4)^2 - 9x = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 - 17x + 16 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-16)*(x-1) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y^2 = -4(x-1)--> y = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solution (1,0)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y^2 = -4(x-1)--> y^2 = -60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Not a solution.<BR>\n" );
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