1970 AHSME Problems/Problem 26
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Problem
The number of distinct points in the 
-plane common to the graphs of 
and 
is
Solution 1
The graph 
is the combined graphs of 
and 
. Likewise, the graph 
is the combined graphs of 
and 
. All these lines intersect at one point, 
.
Therefore, the answer is 
.
Solution 2
We need to satisfy both and . In order to do this, let us look at the first equation. Either 
or 
For the second equation, either 
or 
Thus, we need to solve 4 systems of equations: 
and 
, and 
, 
and , and finally and Solving all of these systems of equations is pretty trivial, and all of them come out to be 
Thus, they only intersect at 
point, and our answer is .
~SirAppel
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