Question

Which of the following is not a possible number of solutions when solving a system of equations containing a quadratic and a linear function?

1
2
3

Answer 1

3.

You could probably look up a fancy explanation of why this is, by I just went the easy route.

1 is definitely possible.

2 is too!

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So the answer has got to be 3!

Hope this helps!