Can you solve the following 2 simultaneous equations; y=6x-2 and x^2-4x+19=y?
y=6x-2
x2-4x+19
Both equations are equal to Y, hence can be substituted into each other;
6x-2= x^2-4x+19
Now we only have X terms in our equations
Bring all the like X terms together, and make equation equal to 0
- 6x-2= x^2-4x+19
- 6x= x^2-4x+19+2
- 6x= x^2-4x+21
- 0= x^2-4x+21-6x
- 0= x^2-10x+21
Now we have a simultaneous equations which we can factorise
0=(x-7)(x-3)
We can now solve this as either x-7 must equal 0 or x-3 must equal 0
0=x-7………………………………x=7
Or
0=x-3………………………………x=3
Hence answer is x=7 or 3
MC