Question 702205
<br><font face="Tahoma">First, what do we know about each graph?<br>

Equation 1: y=4x+3 (will be the RED line)<br>

The slope is 4, and the y-intercept is 3 or the point (0,3)<br>

Equation 2: y=-x-3 (will be the GREEN line)<br>

The slope is -1, and the y-intercept is -2 or the point (0,-2)<br>

This will go a LONG way in helping us graph these equations.<br>

{{{graph( 600, 600, -7, 7, -7, 7, 4x+3, -x-2 )}}}<br>

By inspection, it looks like our two lines intersect at the point (-1,-1).<br>

Thus, your answer would be the point (-1,-1).<br>

Of course, graphing will not always give you an exact answer.<br>

It is only an approximation.<br>

Solving the system by substitution or elimination will give you the exact answer.<br>

But if you plug (-1,-1) into your two equations, you will indeed see that it does work.  This time!<br>

I hope this helps!  Keep practicing!  :)<br>

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