Question

What is the solution to the system of equations represented by the two equations?

y=3/2x
y=-1/2x+4

(???,???)

Answer 1

@shinebrightlikeadimon

Answer 2

give me a sec

Answer 3

Ok same i gotta help some one

Answer 4

I'm back ^_^

Answer 5

Not that it matters xD

Answer 6

@mathmate I'm kinda lost could you help?

Answer 7

I am equally lost. Not sure what problem you are trying to solve!

Answer 8

Me either! xD

Answer 9

One moment brb i was tagged

Answer 10

y=3/2x
y=-1/2x+4
could mean a linear system of equations:
\(y=\frac{3}{2}x\)
\(y=-\frac{1}{2}x+4\)
or a different system of linear equations:
\(y=\frac{3}{2x}\)
\(y=-\frac{1}{2x}+4\)

Answer 11

Ok nooow that i know that lol what can i do to solve this?

Answer 12

or even
\(y=-\frac{1}{2x}+4\)
\(y=-\frac{1}{2x+4}\)

Answer 13

One sec brb

Answer 14

Your lack of parentheses makes your question ambiguous.
All fractions have implicit parentheses for each of numerator and denominator.

Answer 15

Thats what the ? is one second let me look at it again

Answer 16

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Answer 17

@mathmate

Answer 18

@Fransisco_w

Answer 19

I tagged him to see if he knew what to do

Answer 20

It would not be ambiguous if you wrote
y=(3/2)x
y=-(1/2)x+4
Whenever you have y= and y= for both equations, just equate the right hand sides and solve for x.
In this case,
(3/2)x=-(1/2)x+4
and solve for x. After that, substitute the value of x into either equation and solve for y.

Answer 21

So then would it be (3,2)

Answer 22

Or no I think it would be (2,3)

Answer 23

Ok, yes. I thought you put them backwards!
Good, well done!

Answer 24

(2,3) is right.

Answer 25

Yay!

Answer 26

:)