Systems of Nonlinear Equations and Their Solutions A system of two nonlinear equations in two variables contains at least one equation that cannot be expressed in the form Ax + By = C. Here are two examples: A solution to a nonlinear system in two variables is an ordered pair of real numbers that satisfies all equations in the system. The solution set to the system is the set of all such ordered pairs. x 2 = 2y + 10 3x – y = 9 y = x 2 + 3 x 2 + y 2 = 9
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Systems of Nonlinear Equations and Their
Solutions
A system of two nonlinear equations in two variables contains at least one
equation that cannot be expressed in the form Ax + By = C. Here are two
examples:
A solution to a nonlinear system in two variables is an ordered pair of real
numbers that satisfies all equations in the system. The solution set to the
system is the set of all such ordered pairs.
x2 = 2y + 10
3x – y = 9
y = x2 + 3
x2 + y2 = 9
A system of a linear equation and a quadratic equation can have one real solution, two real solutions or no real solutions.
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Example: Solving a Nonlinear System by the
Substitution Method
Solve by the substitution method:
The graph is a line.
The graph is a circle.
x – y = 3
(x – 2)2 + (y + 3)2 = 4
Solution Graphically, we are finding the intersection of a line and a circle
whose center is at (2, -3) and whose radius measures 2.
Step 1 Solve one of the equations for one variable in terms of the other.
We will solve for x in the linear equation - that is, the first equation. (We could
also solve for y.)
x – y = 3 This is the first equation in the given system.
x = y + 3 Add y to both sides.
Solution
Step 2 Substitute the expression from step 1 into the other equation. We
substitute y + 3 for x in the second equation.
x = y + 3 ( x – 2)2 + (y + 3)2 = 4
This gives an equation in one variable, namely
(y + 3 – 2)2 + (y + 3)2 = 4.
The variable x has been eliminated.
Step 3 Solve the resulting equation containing one variable.
(y + 3 – 2)2 + (y + 3)2 = 4 This is the equation containing one variable.
(y + 1)2 + (y + 3 )2 = 4 Combine numerical terms in the first parentheses.