Question

Philip made tables of values to solve a system of equations. First, he found that the x-value of the solution was between 0 and 1, and then he found that it was between 0.5 and 1. Next, he made this table.

Which ordered pair is the best approximation of the exact solution?

Answer 1

The answer to your question is letter D (0.6, 1.9)

Explanation:

The solution of a system of equations is the point where the equations cross. That means that the value of x and the value of y in both equations is the same.

In the table we observe that the value "y" in both equations is closer is when x = 0.6 and y = 1.8 for one equation and 2 for the other one.

From the options given, the most approximate to this is letter D.