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Question 255150: What is the solution to the system of equations x^2 - x + 6 = y and 2x + 2y = 36?
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Question 255158: What is the solution to the system of equations x^2 - x + 6 = y and 2x + 2y = 36?
Answer 187449 by richwmiller(1774) About Me on 2010-01-09 17:12:13:
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x = -2 sqrt(3), y = 2 (9+sqrt(3)) x=-3.4641, y=21.4641
x = 2 sqrt(3), y = -2 (sqrt(3)-9) x=3.4641, y=14.5359
It is a line crossing a parabola.
Please explain this in detail thank you so much
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Question 255226: WATS the answer for 3x-2y=4 in graphing
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Question 255244: What should be added to x^2+y+y^2 to obtain 2x^2+3xy ?
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Question 255309: how do you find the slope of a line when your only given two points? we are required to solve it algebralicly with out graphing. i know that there is an equation to solve it but im not sure what it is or how it works.
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Question 255303: ((x^2 - x) / (x^2 + 3x + 2)) / ((x^2 + 2x)/ (x^2 -1))
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Question 255318: how knowing the x- and y-intercept is helpful in graphing a linear equation?
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Question 255385: Write y=1/4x+7/8 in standard form.
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Question 255391: x=2y+5 annd 5x+y=91

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Question 255331: graph y=-1/2+ 4
I need the detail thanks
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Question 255466: the equation is passing through (-4,1) with a slope of m=-1 over 2
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Question 255549: find the slope of the line by the equation 8x=48+3y
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Question 255589: Find the slope, if it exists.
3x+2y=6
If I am using Slope Intercept Form (y=mx+b), is 3 the slope? If not, what is and how do you get that answer?
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Question 255586: graph the inequality 3x+y < or = 2
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Question 255588: Find the slope, if it exists.
-2x+y=8
If I'm using Slope Intercept Form (y=mx+b), m being slope, x being the variable you need to solve for, and b being the y intercept, is -2 the slope (m)?
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Question 255692: 3x-6y=30
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Question 255340: Express answer in form of y=mx+b
(-7,6); 9x=8y+3
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Question 255730: Could someone please help me solve the following?
Calculate the distance from the point (-1,2) to the line x-4y+1=0
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Question 255745: find four solutions of each equation. write the solution as ordered pairs
x=-1
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Question 255734: what is the y intercept of the line represented by y=3x-7
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Question 255733: what is the slope of the line represented by y=3x-7
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Question 255852: the perimeter of a triangular dog pen has one side represented by 2x, another side represented by x + 19 and the third side represented by 3x + 6. Find the algebraic expression for the perimeter. Find the numerical perimeter if the value of x is 5 feet. there are 2 answers and i must simplify this expression. I have no idea how to do this. please help.....

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Question 255891: Write the equation of the line that passes through the given points.
1) (-7,5) and (-7,4)
2) (3,-7) and (8,2)
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Question 255995: A father is 6 times as old as his son and 3 times as old as his daughter. If the daughter is 5 years older than the son ,how old is each?
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Question 256040: solve for X 5x+4y=10
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Question 256070: I need to graph : y=-2x+7 and y=1/3x-2 but have no I dea where to start. How do I step by step solve the question?
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Question 256122: How can you determine if two lines are perpendicular?
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Question 249492: Find the slope and the y-intercept of the line 2x-8y=4
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Question 255950: write a linear equation in y-intercept form
(2,4), slope =2
(5,4) slope =-2
(5,-7) slope =3
Find th slope
(1, -3) (8,5)
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Question 256118: how do i solve this .5x-2y=4 and 4y-x=-8 by graphing them?
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Question 256118: how do i solve this .5x-2y=4 and 4y-x=-8 by graphing them?
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Question 256201: how can I tell if two lines are perpendicular?
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Question 256201: how can I tell if two lines are perpendicular?
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Question 256217: this question has a few parts. does this count as my four question limit?
a) find the slope of the line 2x -3y = 7 by placing the equation on slope intercept form. show work
b) johnny is to work the following problem. let x be the number of small doghouses to be bulit under the following constraints. let y be the number of large doghouses to be built under the following constraints. x < y; y < or = to 10. give a verbal statement about what y < or = 10 means about the doghouses being built. johnny also adds two other constraints x > or = to 0 and y > or = to 0. why would theses two constraints be logical and needed? johnny decides to graph his related x, y values (x,y) as points. he ended up with all of his graph being in one of the four quandrants. explain why he is correct using only one quandrant.
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Question 256226: with gas selling for $1.90 per gallon, the cost of filling your tank varies directly with the amount of gas that you pump. Find the equation representing the cost C related to the gallons of gas G that one would need. what is the constant of variation here? why is this a different constant in different areas of our country and across the world?
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Question 256190: This is linear equations in one variable and problem solving.
A falcon,when diving, can travel five times as fast as apheasant's top speed. if the total speeds for these two birds is 222 miles per hour, find the fastest speed of the falcon and the fastes speed of the pheasant.
I am unable to figure out how to write the problem out.
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Question 256257: I need to find the point slope form of the line with the following coordinates (5, -3), (0, -11).
This is what i have so far
y-(-3)= 8/5(x-5)
y+3 = 8/5x -8
is that correct
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Question 256270: I'm not sure if this is linear equations but I didn't see elimination
-3y + 4y = 12
2x + y = -8
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Question 256274: find the equation of a line that is perpindicular to the line 3x+2y=12 and passes through the point (-1,1)
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Question 256323: How do I write an equation for a line that passes through points (-3,5) and is parallel to a line with the equation of (y=-2x+3)?
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Question 256359: what's the slope intercept form for 9x+ 7y-63=0?
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Question 256465: When graphing how can I determine if two lines are perpendicular.
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Question 256422: three families A, B & C share 495 kg rice. B gets twice as much as A and C gets thrice as much as B. how much does each family gets?
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