How many real solution(s) does the equation below have? x 2 + y 2 + 1 3 = 4 x + 6 y
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I was thinking that probably your solution could be shortened. The equation- ( x − 2 ) 2 + ( y − 3 ) 2 = 0
is the parametric equation of a circle of radius 0, that is, a point. That point, if not the entire circle, is the centre of the circle. The coordinates of the centre are given by the numbers, inside the squares, which are subtracted from x and y, that is (2,3). It is the only point in the degenerate circle that satisfies its equation.
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That's a nice way to look at it! Thanks! I'll add your comment to my solution (:
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Sure. Thanks for considering my point of view.
x 2 + y 2 + 1 3 x 2 − 4 x + 4 + y 2 − 6 y + 9 ( x − 2 ) 2 + ( y − 3 ) 2 = 4 x + 6 y = 0 = 0
We note that the R H S = 0 . Since ( x − 2 ) 2 ≥ 0 and ( y − 3 ) 2 ≥ 0 , for the L H S = 0 , both ( x − 2 ) 2 and ( y − 3 ) 2 must be equal to 0. That is when x = 2 and y = 3 and there is only 1 solution.
x 2 + y 2 + 1 3 x 2 − 4 x + y 2 − 6 y + 1 3 ( x − 2 ) 2 − 4 + ( y − 3 ) 2 − 9 + 1 3 ( x − 2 ) 2 + ( y − 3 ) 2 − 1 3 + 1 3 ( x − 2 ) 2 + ( y − 3 ) 2 = 4 x + 6 y = 0 = 0 = 0 = 0
Since for each r real number, r 2 ≥ 0 , x − 2 = 0 ⇒ x = 2 and y − 3 = 0 ⇒ y = 3 So the only solution for the equation is: 2 2 + 3 3 + 1 3 = 4 ∗ 2 + 6 ∗ 3
Shouldn't x+2 and y+3 be x-2 and y-3?
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x 2 + y 2 + 1 3 ( x 2 − 4 x ) + ( y 2 − 6 y ) ( x 2 − 4 x + 4 ) + ( y 2 − 6 y + 9 ) ( x − 2 ) 2 + ( y − 3 ) 2 = 4 x + 6 y = − 1 3 = − 1 3 + 1 3 = 0 Complete the square
As Rajdeep points out in the comments, the above is the standard equation of a degenerate circle with radius r = 0 with center ( 2 , 3 ) . This point is the only one in the circle that satisfies the equation, and we conclude that there is one unique solution ( x , y ) = ( 2 , 3 ) to this equation.