Wednesday, January 15, 2014

What is the intersepting point of y = 2x^2 - 7 and the line y= -2x + 1

To determine the intercepting point of the line and parabola,
we'll have to solve the system:


2x^2 - y =
7 (1)


2x + y = 1 (2)


We'll calculate x
form the 2nd equation:


2x = 1 - y


x =
(1-y)/2


We'll substitute x in
(1):


2*(1-y)^2/4 - y = 7


(1-y)^2/2 - y
= 7


We'll multiply by 2 both
sides:


(1-y)^2 - 2y - 14 = 0


We'll
expand the square:


1 - 2y + y^2 - 2y - 14 =
0


We'll combine like terms and we'll re-arrange the
terms:


y^2 - 4y - 13 = 0


We'll apply
the quadratic:


y1=[4+sqrt(16+52)]/2


y1
= 2 + sqrt17


y2 = 2 - sqrt17


x1 = 
(1-y1)/2


x1 = (-1-sqrt17)/2


x2 =
(-1+sqrt17)/2


The intercepting points
are:


((-1-sqrt17)/2 , 2 + sqrt17) and
((-1+sqrt17)/2 , 2 - sqrt17).

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