How do you find the exact solutions to the system 3x^2-20y^2-12x+80y-96=03x220y212x+80y96=0 and 3x^2+20y^2=80y+483x2+20y2=80y+48?

1 Answer
Dec 24, 2016

(x, y) = (-4, 0), (-4, 4), (6, 1) and (6, 3)(x,y)=(4,0),(4,4),(6,1)and(6,3). A nice Socratic graph illustrates the crossings of the hyperbola and the ellipse represented by the given equations.

Explanation:

Add and subtract.

x^2-2x-24=0x22x24=0, giving x -4 and 6x4and6.

10y^2-40y+12+3x=0#, giving,

at #x = -4, y(y-4)=0 that gives common points (-4, 0) and (-4, 4) and ,

at x = 6, y^2-4y+3= 0x=6,y24y+3=0, giving the common points (6, 1) and (6, 3).

The given equations represent a hyperbola and an ellipse,

respectively

graph{(3x^2-20y^2-12x+80y-96)(3x^2+20y^2-80y-48)=02 [-10, 10, -5, 5]}