If the total amount of points in a test is 140, and we want to find 10% of those points, we can do the following to figure out how much points the question is worth...
140 points x 10% = 140 x 0.1 = 14 points for the short-answer quesion.
Write x-4 instead of y.
x²+(x-4)²=40
x²+x²-8x+16=40
2x²-8x-24=0
x²-4x-12=0
(x-6)(x+2)=0
x=6 or x=-2
for x=6, y=6-4 = 2
for x=-2, y=-2-4 = -6
1500-125=1,375
so 1375 should be your answer.
