It's a quadratic equation in disguise. If you let , then
, and we can rewrite the equation as
Solve for however you like; we get
and
.
But we want to solve for , so we have
The blue line is the graph of y – 1 = x. Use the sliders to make the orange line represent 2x + y = –5. Examine the graph. What
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