SOLUTION: find the points of intersection of the circle x^2+y^2-x-3y-0 and the line y=x-1

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Question 325733: find the points of intersection of the circle x^2+y^2-x-3y-0 and the line y=x-1
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Start with your circle equation:



Then substitute the expression in that is equal to for in the circle equation:



Simplify, collect like terms, and factor the resulting quadratic. The roots will be the -coordinates of the two points of intersection. The -coordinates can be easily determined by substitution in


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