INTERSECTIONS

of CONICS
Solving Systems of Non-Linear Equations
A system of non-linear equations is a system consisting of at
least one nonlinear equation. To solve for a system of nonlinear
equations, we may always use substitution method while elimination
method can be used only when a variable has the same power in each
of the equations.
A system with no solution is called an inconsistent system while
one with infinitely many solutions is called a dependent system. The
solution to a system can be viewed as the intersection of the graphs of
the equations involved.
 Ellipse and Circle

𝒙𝟐 + 𝟒𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔
𝟐𝟎 𝟕 𝟐𝟎 𝟕
𝟐 𝟐 − ,+ + ,+
𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟗 𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟑

𝟐𝟎 𝟕 𝟐𝟎 𝟕
− ,− + ,−
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟎, 𝟑

𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟗 = 𝟎

− 𝟓, −𝟐 𝟓, −𝟐
𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚 = 𝟐𝟔
𝟓𝒙𝟐 + 𝟕𝒚 = 𝟑

−𝟒, −𝟏𝟏 𝟒, −𝟏𝟏

𝒙 − 𝒚 =𝟓
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟑

𝟐, −𝟑

𝟑, −𝟐
𝟑𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟏𝟎
𝟐+ 𝟐 𝟔, 𝟖
𝒙 𝒚 = 𝟏𝟎𝟎

𝟎, −𝟏𝟎
𝒙𝟐 = 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟒
𝒙 = 𝟑𝟖 − 𝒚 −𝟏𝟎, 𝟒𝟖

𝟖, 𝟑𝟎
𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚 = 𝟐
𝟐𝒙 − 𝒚 = −𝟏
𝟑, 𝟕

−𝟏, −𝟏
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔𝒙 − 𝟑𝟗
𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟗 𝟓, 𝟒

𝟑, 𝟎

𝟓, −𝟒
 𝟒𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝟖
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒

𝒚𝟐 = −𝟑𝟐

We call a system of this type,

inconsistent system.

No real solutions can be obtained since

the graphs of the two original
equations do not intersect at all.
 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒
𝟖𝒙𝟐 + 𝟒𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔

𝒙, 𝒚 ȁ𝒚 = ± 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝟒

We call a system of this type,

dependent system.

Specific solutions may be obtained by

specifying values for x and solving for
the corresponding values of y, using
one of the equations.