In a sport competition Alyssa was penalized -16 points in each of the 4 events how many points was she penalized in each event?
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Answer:
(2,2) and (3,1)
Step-by-step explanation:
Since we're given the value of y in the second equation, we can replace the y on the left side of the first equation with 4-x, giving us
We can factor the expression on the right to get us
Solving and
gets us the solutions
, which we can plug into the second equation to get us
So, our solution set is the pair of points (2,2) and (3,1)