SOLUTION: solve the system by graphing y=-2x+3 4x+2y=-4 Use the graphing tool graph the system

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Question 761214: solve the system by graphing y=-2x+3 4x+2y=-4
Use the graphing tool graph the system

Found 2 solutions by solver91311, MathLover1:
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Start with either one of your equations.

Step 1. Pick a value for x. It can be anything you like, but 0, 1, or some other small integer usually works well and makes the arithmetic easier.

Step 2. Substitute that value in place of x in your equation. Do the arithmetic and determine the value of y that results.

Step 3. Take the value of x that you selected for step 1 and the value of y that you calculated in step 2 and form an ordered pair (x,y).

Step 4. Plot the ordered pair from Step 3 on your graph. Remember that the x value is the distance right or left along the horizontal axis and the y value is the distance up or down along the vertical axis.

Step 5. Repeat steps 1 through 4 with a different value for x.

Step 6. Draw a line across your graph that passes through the two points that you plotted.

Step 7. Repeat steps 1 through 6 using the other equation.

The point where the lines intersect is the solution, because the coordinates of that point will satisfy (read: make true) both of your equations. You need to determine, by inspection of the graph, what the coordinates of that point are and report your answer as an ordered pair, (x,y), using those coordinates. To check your answer, you should substitute this set of coordinates into each of your original equations and verify that you have a true statement for each of the equations.

If both lines graph to the same line, then the solution set is infinite, i.e. every ordered pair that satisfies one equation will satisfy the other. If the lines are parallel, then the solution set is empty.

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Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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+y=-2x%2B3 or 2x%2B+y=3
4x%2B2y=-4

Solved by pluggable solver: Solve the System of Equations by Graphing



Start with the given system of equations:


2x%2By=3

4x%2B2y=-4





In order to graph these equations, we need to solve for y for each equation.




So let's solve for y on the first equation


2x%2By=3 Start with the given equation



1y=3-2x Subtract 2+x from both sides



1y=-2x%2B3 Rearrange the equation



y=%28-2x%2B3%29%2F%281%29 Divide both sides by 1



y=%28-2%2F1%29x%2B%283%29%2F%281%29 Break up the fraction



y=-2x%2B3 Reduce



Now lets graph y=-2x%2B3 (note: if you need help with graphing, check out this solver)



+graph%28+600%2C+600%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-2x%2B3%29+ Graph of y=-2x%2B3




So let's solve for y on the second equation


4x%2B2y=-4 Start with the given equation



2y=-4-4x Subtract 4+x from both sides



2y=-4x-4 Rearrange the equation



y=%28-4x-4%29%2F%282%29 Divide both sides by 2



y=%28-4%2F2%29x%2B%28-4%29%2F%282%29 Break up the fraction



y=-2x-2 Reduce





Now lets add the graph of y=-2x-2 to our first plot to get:


+graph%28+600%2C+600%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-2x%2B3%2C-2x-2%29+ Graph of y=-2x%2B3(red) and y=-2x-2(green)


From the graph, we can see that the two lines are parallel and will never intersect. So there are no solutions and the system is inconsistent.