Start by writing the system down, I will use 
to represent 
Substitute the fact that 
into the first equation to get,
Simplify into a quadratic form (
),
Now you can use Vieta's rule which states that any quadratic equation can be written in the following form,
which then must factor into
And the solutions will be 
.
Clearly for small coefficients like ours 
, this is very easy to figure out. To get 5 and 6 we simply say that 
.
This fits the definition as 
and 
.
So as mentioned, solutions will equal to but these are just x-values in the solution pairs of a form 
.
To get y-values we must substitute 3 for x in the original equation and then also 2 for x in the original equation. Luckily we already know that substituting either of the two numbers yields a zero.
So the solution pairs are 
and 
.
Hope this helps :)
Answer:
560 ft/min
Step-by-step explanation:
Let r represent Samantha's running rate in feet per minute. Then r-230 is her walking rate. We can use the relation ...
distance = speed × time
to write an equation for the total distance Samantha went.
20r + 15(r -230) = 16150
35r - 3450 = 16150 . . . . eliminate parentheses, collect terms
35r = 19600 . . . . . . . . . . add 3450
r = 560 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . divide by the coefficient of r
Samantha ran 560 feet per minute.
It would be .2 not 2 because the smaller number is first
2 divided by 10 is .2
They probably thought square rotting was dividing by 2. The correct answer is about 20
