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What is the intersection of the lines given by y=-4x and y-2=12x? Express your answer as an ordered pair, with both coordinates expressed as common fractions.

 Aug 11, 2020
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To find the intersection, we must find the point satisfying both equations. Hence we must solve the system


\(\begin{align*} y&=-4x, \\ y-2&=12x. \end{align*}\)

Substituting the expression for \(y\) in first equation into the second equation, we obtain \(-4x-2=12x\). Solving for \(x\) we find that \(x=-1/8\) 

 

Plugging this into the first expression for \(y\) above, we find that \(y=-4\cdot -\frac{1}{8}=\frac{1}{2}\) . So the intersection is \(\boxed{\left(-\frac{1}{8}, \frac{1}{2}\right)}\).

 Mar 3, 2021

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