and .
Determine the number of solutions of the simultaneous equations
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Since x 2 + y 3 = 2 9 ⇒ y = 3 2 9 − x 2 .
⇒ lo g 3 x lo g 2 y = 1 ⇒ lo g 3 lo g 2 lo g x lo g y = 1 ⇒ lo g x lo g 3 2 9 − x 2 = lo g 3 lo g 2
Plotting f ( x ) = lo g x lo g 3 2 9 − x 2 − lo g 3 lo g 2 , we get the following graph and see that there are 2 roots x ≈ 2 and x ≈ 5 .