How would you simplify this equation?
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Answer:
A) (x, y) = (2-3n, 4n-1) . . . . for any integer n
B) no solution
Step-by-step explanation:
A) All coefficients have a common factor of 3, so any solution of the reduced equation will be a solution of the given equation. The reduced equation is ...
4x +3y = 5
A graph of the original shows (x, y) = (2, -1) is a solution. Then other solutions will be those values with a multiple of 4 added to y and the same multiple of 3 subtracted from x:
(x, y) = (2 -3n, 4n -1)
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B) The left side of the equation is an even number for any integer values of x and y. The right side is an odd number. There can be no solution.
Most quadratic functions(which is what you have there, to a degree of 2) are solved using factoring and the zero product law. If you can not factor then you have to use the quadratic formula or graph it. However this one can be factored.
It's pretty simple to just factor it by inspection but I use the chart method, if you know decomposition that works as well.
Factoring gives us,
Then you set each factor to 0 and solve for x,
And the second one,
The solutions to this equation are
x = -1/2, 3
It's pretty simple to just factor it by inspection but I use the chart method, if you know decomposition that works as well.
Factoring gives us,
Then you set each factor to 0 and solve for x,
And the second one,
The solutions to this equation are
x = -1/2, 3