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PLEASE HELP! HAVE NO IDEA! question in picture-example-1
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Answer:

(x, y) = (-3, -5) or (1, 3)

Explanation:

You can equate the expressions for y, then solve the resulting quadratic.

-x^2 +4 = 2x +1

4 = x^2 +2x +1 . . . . add x^2

4 = (x +1)^2 . . . . . . . write as a square

±2 = x +1 . . . . . . . . . take the square root

x = -1 ±2 = -3 or +1 . . . subtract 1

So, the solutions have x-values of -3 or +1. The corresponding y-values can be found from ...

y = 2x +1

y = 2(-3) +1 = -5 or y = 2(1) +1 = 3

Solutions are ...

(x, y) = (-3, -5) or (1, 3)

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