2021 Fall AMC 10A Problems/Problem 14
Problem
How many ordered pairs 
of real numbers satisfy the following system of equations?
![\[x^2+3y=9\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/c/0/9/c09aed7a84906eb65f1fa163a7a7d92168877583.png)
![\[(|x|+|y|-4)^2 = 1\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/4/d/d/4dd5d2dee801931df0406925786a98be62e43cc2.png)
Solution (Graphing)
The second equation is 
. We know that the graph of 
is a very simple diamond shape, so let's see if we can reduce this equation to that form.
$(|x|+|y| - 4)^2 = 1 \implies |x|+|y| - 4 = \pm 1 \implies |x|+|y| = \{3,5}$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg).
We now have two separate graphs for this equation and one graph for the first equation, so let's put it on the coordinate plane:
$[asy]
Label f; f.p=fontsize(6); xaxis(-8,8,Ticks(f, 2.0,0.5)); yaxis(-8,8,Ticks(f, 2.0,0.5))
real f(real x) { return |x| + |y| = 3; } draw(graph(f,-2,2));
real f(real x) { return |x| + |y| = 5; } draw(graph(f,-2,2));
real f(real x) { return x^2+3y = 9; } draw(graph(f,-2,2));
[/asy]$ (Error making remote request. Unknown error_msg)
See Also
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