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document.write( "Their graphs are a circle with an ellipse inside, like this\r\n" );
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document.write( "They do not intersect so there are no real solutions.  However \r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply the first equation through by -4\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now add them term by term\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply the first equation through by -9\r\n" );
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document.write( "So there are 4 solutions:\r\n" );
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