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If the system of linear equations 2x + y = 1 and y = − 12 x + 1 are graphed on the same coordinate grid, which of the following is the solution to this system of linear equations?

 May 9, 2014

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Well, first of all I don't see "the following" solutions, but no worries!

You can graph the two equations in a graphing calculator by writing them in the y = mx + b form, where m is slope and b is the y-intercept.

For the first equation 2x + y = 1 you would move the 2x to the right and rewrite it as:

y = -2x + 1

The second equation stays the way it is: 

y = -12x + 1

Now graph both of them on the same axes, and look at the point where they intersect.

 

They intersect at (0, 1)

 May 9, 2014
 #1
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Best Answer

Well, first of all I don't see "the following" solutions, but no worries!

You can graph the two equations in a graphing calculator by writing them in the y = mx + b form, where m is slope and b is the y-intercept.

For the first equation 2x + y = 1 you would move the 2x to the right and rewrite it as:

y = -2x + 1

The second equation stays the way it is: 

y = -12x + 1

Now graph both of them on the same axes, and look at the point where they intersect.

 

They intersect at (0, 1)

kitty<3 May 9, 2014
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The easiest way to solve is to see that y=1-2x=1-12x or -2x=-12x or -10x=0 so x=0.

 May 9, 2014
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Notice that each line has a different slope but both have the same y intercept. So their point of intersection = (0,1).

 May 9, 2014

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