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Curve Question [#permalink] New post   22 Feb 2007, 21:48
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This one got me. Any help would be appreciated.

How many points of intersection does curve x^2 + y^2 = 4 have with x + y = 2?

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Re: Curve Question [#permalink] New post   22 Feb 2007, 22:14
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This one got me. Any help would be appreciated.

How many points of intersection does curve x^2 + y^2 = 4 have with x + y = 2?

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we can rule out D & E since a line can instersect a circle only in 2 pts....

The points of intersection will satisfy both equations x^2 + y^2 = 4 and x + y = 2


so x = y - 2

=> (y-2)^2 + y^2 = 0
2y^2 - 4y + 4 = 0
y^2 - 2y + 2 = 0
solve quadratic eq to get values of x,y
if discriminant is >0 then we have 2pts of intersection
if discriminant is =0 then we have 1pt of intersection (line is a tangent to the circle)
if discriminant is <0 then we have 0pts of intersection (line does not intersect the circle)

in this case discriminant = 4 - 8 = -4 so ans is 0 (A)
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Re: Curve Question [#permalink] New post   22 Feb 2007, 22:43
here's another way, i realized (after a while) that x^2 +y^2 =4 is the equation for a circle with radius=2 and centered at the origin.

https://www.mathwarehouse.com/geometry/c ... circle.php

x+y=2 is the equation of a line and it won't touch the circle more than twice so you can eliminate the last two. once you note that one is a circle and the other a line i think the next easiest step is to draw a fast coordinate plane in the notepad and see if the line passes through or is tangent to the circle, since the equation for this particular line and circle are simple. The other way is to solve both for y, knowing that the maximum number of intersections is two.

y1=2-x

y2=SQRT(4-x^2)

At x=0, y1=y2=2.
At x=2, y1=y2=0.

So the line passes through the circle twice, at (0,2) and at (2,0).
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Re: Curve Question [#permalink] New post   23 Feb 2007, 07:28
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The points of intersection will satisfy both equations x^2 + y^2 = 4 and x + y = 2

so x = y - 2


I think it should be x=2-y

Also , The equation of the given circle is x^2+Y^=4

prude_sb wrote:
(y-2)^2 + y^2 = 0


What do you say?
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Re: Curve Question [#permalink] New post   23 Feb 2007, 07:32
sgoll wrote:
prude_sb wrote:
The points of intersection will satisfy both equations x^2 + y^2 = 4 and x + y = 2

so x = y - 2


I think it should be x=2-y

Also , The equation of the given circle is x^2+Y^=4

prude_sb wrote:
(y-2)^2 + y^2 = 0


What do you say?


Well, it's not to me ;)... But I'm passing here ;)

Notice that : (2-y)^2 = ((-1)*(y-2))^2 = (-1)^2*(y-2)^2 = (y-2)^2 :)

For the other part.... U are right... 4 is missing :)
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Re: Curve Question [#permalink] New post   23 Feb 2007, 08:00
Fig wrote:
sgoll wrote:
prude_sb wrote:
The points of intersection will satisfy both equations x^2 + y^2 = 4 and x + y = 2

so x = y - 2


I think it should be x=2-y

Also , The equation of the given circle is x^2+Y^=4

prude_sb wrote:
(y-2)^2 + y^2 = 0


What do you say?


Well, it's not to me ;)... But I'm passing here ;)

Notice that : (2-y)^2 = ((-1)*(y-2))^2 = (-1)^2*(y-2)^2 = (y-2)^2 :)

For the other part.... U are right... 4 is missing :)

I agree (y-2)^=(2-y)^2
Further, the eqn when equals 4, it results to answer to C: 2
Explanation
substituting x=2-y in the eqn of the Circle we get
(2-y)^2+y^2=4
Solving for y we get y(y-2)=0
=> either y=0 or y=2 giving two points of intersection (0,2) and (2,0)
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Re: Curve Question [#permalink] New post   23 Feb 2007, 08:11
sgoll wrote:
Fig wrote:
sgoll wrote:
prude_sb wrote:
The points of intersection will satisfy both equations x^2 + y^2 = 4 and x + y = 2

so x = y - 2


I think it should be x=2-y

Also , The equation of the given circle is x^2+Y^=4

prude_sb wrote:
(y-2)^2 + y^2 = 0


What do you say?


Well, it's not to me ;)... But I'm passing here ;)

Notice that : (2-y)^2 = ((-1)*(y-2))^2 = (-1)^2*(y-2)^2 = (y-2)^2 :)

For the other part.... U are right... 4 is missing :)

I agree (y-2)^=(2-y)^2
Further, the eqn when equals 4, it results to answer to C: 2
Explanation
substituting x=2-y in the eqn of the Circle we get
(2-y)^2+y^2=4
Solving for y we get y(y-2)=0
=> either y=0 or y=2 giving two points of intersection (0,2) and (2,0)


Yes :)... Absolultly :)
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Re: Curve Question [#permalink] New post   05 Nov 2007, 09:26
OA is C.

Two roots yields two coordinates ===> 2 points of intersection.
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Re: Curve Question [#permalink] New post   22 Sep 2011, 07:10
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This one got me. Any help would be appreciated.

How many points of intersection does curve x^2 + y^2 = 4 have with x + y = 2?

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How'bout my solution?
In x + y = 2, we see y-intercept =(0,2), x-intercept =(2,0)
In the curve that is centered by the origin, we know it passes (0,2), (-2,0), (0,-2), and (2,0).
So, the line and the curve meet at two points.
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Re: Curve Question [#permalink] New post   23 Sep 2011, 02:55
Got two points sub equ 2 into 1 and determine with b^2 - 4ac
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Re: Curve Question [#permalink] New post   25 Sep 2011, 13:52
x^2 + y^2 = 4 is a circle with radius 2.
x+y = 2 is a straight line , with slope -1 , x intercept = 2 , y intercept = 2.
=> point of intersection = (2,0) and (0,2) = 2 points

Answer is C.
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Re: Curve Question [#permalink] New post   26 Sep 2011, 19:42
No need to get too bogged down on the maths here. We have a circle and a line, so we are either going to have zero intersections, one intersection or two intersections.

Sketch out the circle, sketch the line. The line intersects x and y at 2, as does the circle. Two intersections.
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Re: Curve Question [#permalink] New post   27 Sep 2011, 12:45
me too first got A then C
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Re: Curve Question [#permalink] New post   29 Sep 2011, 00:29
It was a simple one.

A circle and a line intersection. Either 0, 1 or 2 points of intersection. Rest has been explained very well by others.

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