2018 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 12
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How many ordered pairs of real numbers satisfy the following system of equations?
Solution 1
The graph looks something like this: Now, it becomes clear that there are intersection points. (pinetree1)
Solution 2
can be rewritten to . Substituting for in the second equation will give . Splitting this question into casework for the ranges of y will give us the total number of solutions. will be negative so
Subcase 1:
is positive so and and
Subcase 2:
is negative so . and so there are no solutions ( can't equal to ) It is fairly clear that will be positive so
Subcase 1:
will be negative so \rightarrow . There are no solutions (again, can't equal to )
Subcase 2:
will be positive so \rightarrow . and . Thus, the solutions are: , and the answer is or Solution by Danny Li JHS, edit by pretzel.
Solution 3 (do not use in the real test)
List all of the cases out.
, ,
We can see that there is 3 solutions, so the answer is
-Baolan
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