SOLUTION: Hi, please help me solve this by using the addition method. Thank you so much!
{{{ x^2+y^2=16 }}}
{{{ 4x^2+9y^2=36 }}}
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-> SOLUTION: Hi, please help me solve this by using the addition method. Thank you so much!
{{{ x^2+y^2=16 }}}
{{{ 4x^2+9y^2=36 }}}
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Their graphs are a circle with an ellipse inside, like this
They do not intersect so there are no real solutions. However
there are imaginary solutions:
Multiply the first equation through by -4
Now add them term by term
When the first unknown you find is complicated, do not substitute
to find the other unknown. Instead, start over and eliminate the
other unknown:
Multiply the first equation through by -9
Now add them term by term
So there are 4 solutions:
Edwin