. The Interstellar Headquarters orbits the Earth based on the equation y2 + x2 = 40,000. Using the original trajectory of the ship and complete sentences, explain to the pilot how to find where the ship’s path will cross the Interstellar Headquarters’s path.

I used y=4x+2 for my linear equation

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. The Interstellar Headquarters orbits the Earth based on the equation y2 + x2 = 40,000. Using the original trajectory of the ship and complete sentences, explain to the pilot how to find where the ship’s path will cross the Interstellar Headquarters’s path.

I used y=4x+2 for my linear equation

anonymous · Answer

@wolfe8 can you tell me how you would solve for x and y here?

wolfe8 · Answer

So the linear equation is the path of the ship? If so, then you can just replace y into the orbit equation and solve for x.

anonymous · Answer

sorry i'm late. but what do you mean? can you give an example.

wolfe8 · Answer

I mean replace y=4x+2 into y2 + x2 = 40,000 and solve for x.