Ex 3: Solve a System of Nonlinear Equations (Elimination) — Transcript
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- 0:00- WELCOME TO ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SOLVING A SYSTEM
- 0:03OF NONLINEAR EQUATIONS.
- 0:05WE WANT TO FIND ALL THE SOLUTIONS TO THE SYSTEM
- 0:072X SQUARED - Y SQUARED = 23 AND X SQUARED + 2Y SQUARED = 34.
- 0:15WE'LL FIRST SOLVE THIS SYSTEM ALGEBRAICALLY
- 0:17USING SUBSTITUTION OR ELIMINATION
- 0:20AND THEN WE'LL VERIFY THE SOLUTION GRAPHICALLY.
- 0:22IN THE FIRST TWO EXAMPLES,
- 0:24WE SOLVE THE SYSTEMS USING SUBSTITUTION
- 0:27SO FOR THIS PROBLEM WE'LL USE ELIMINATION
- 0:28OR THE ADDITION METHOD WHICH MEANS WE WANT TO ADD
- 0:31THE TWO EQUATIONS TOGETHER TO ELIMINATE
- 0:33EITHER THE X SQUARED TERMS OR THE Y SQUARED TERMS.
- 0:36FOR THIS EXAMPLE, LET'S FOCUS ON ELIMINATING THE Y SQUARED TERMS.
- 0:41SO WE WANT THE COEFFICIENTS OF THE Y SQUARED TERMS
- 0:44TO BE OPPOSITES.
- 0:45WELL RIGHT NOW IN THE FIRST EQUATION, WE HAVE -1Y SQUARED.
- 0:49IN THE SECOND EQUATION WE HAVE 2Y SQUARED.
- 0:52THEY'RE ALREADY OPPOSITE SIGNS BUT WE WANT THE Y SQUARED TERM
- 0:55IN THE FIRST EQUATION TO BE -2Y SQUARED.
- 0:59SO WE'RE GOING TO MULTIPLY THIS FIRST EQUATION BY +2
- 1:04AND WE'LL LEAVE THE SECOND EQUATION THE SAME.
- 1:07SO IF WE MULTIPLY THE FIRST EQUATION BY +2,
- 1:09WE WOULD HAVE 4X SQUARED - 2Y SQUARED = 2 x 23 IS 46.
- 1:19WE'LL LEAVE THE SECOND EQUATION THE SAME.
- 1:25NOW I DO WANT TO MENTION TO USE THE ELIMINATION METHOD
- 1:28FOR A NONLINEAR SYSTEM,
- 1:30WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THE DEGREE OF THE Y TERMS
- 1:32ARE THE SAME, MEANING BOTH OF THEM ARE Y SQUARED IN THIS CASE.
- 1:35IF ONE WAS Y, ONE WAS Y SQUARED. WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE
- 1:39TO ELIMINATE THE Y TERMS.
- 1:41SO NOW WE'LL ADD THESE TWO EQUATIONS TOGETHER.
- 1:44NOTICE WHEN WE DO THIS,
- 1:45THE Y SQUARED TERMS ARE OPPOSITES
- 1:47SO THEY'LL ADD TO ZERO.
- 1:49SO WE'LL HAVE 5X SQUARED = 46 + 34 = 80.
- 1:57TO SOLVE THIS FOR X, WE'LL FIRST DIVIDE BY 5 ON BOTH SIDES.
- 2:04SO WE HAVE X SQUARED = 80 DIVIDED BY 5 = 16.
- 2:10AT THIS POINT WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE
- 2:12WE'LL HAVE TWO VALUES OF X THAT SATISFY THIS EQUATION.
- 2:15SINCE WE HAVE X SQUARED AND WE WANT X
- 2:17WE'LL TAKE THE SQUARE ROOT OF BOTH SIDES OF THE EQUATION
- 2:20AND WE'LL INCLUDE A + OR - SIGN HERE TO MAKE SURE
- 2:23WE OBTAIN BOTH SOLUTIONS.
- 2:25SO THE SQUARE ROOT OF X SQUARED = X,
- 2:29IT'S ACTUALLY THE ABSOLUTE VALUE OF X,
- 2:30ANOTHER REASON WHY WE HAVE TWO SOLUTIONS.
- 2:33AND THEN THE SQUARE ROOT OF 16 = 4.
- 2:36SO X = EITHER + OR -4 OR + OR - 4.
- 2:40AND NOW TO FIND THE CORRESPONDING VALUES OF Y
- 2:43THAT GIVE US THE SOLUTIONS FOR THE SYSTEM,
- 2:45WE'LL PERFORM BACK SUBSTITUTION.
- 2:48LET'S GO AHEAD AND USE THE FIRST EQUATION
- 2:50HERE TO FIND THE CORRESPONDING VALUES OF Y.
- 2:54SO IF WE USE THE EQUATION 2X SQUARED - Y SQUARED = 23,
- 3:00LET'S FIRST SOLVE THIS FOR Y SQUARED
- 3:03SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO ADD Y SQUARED TO BOTH SIDES
- 3:06AND SUBTRACT 23 ON BOTH SIDES
- 3:08THAT WOULD GIVE US 2X SQUARED - 23 = Y SQUARED.
- 3:14LET'S GO AHEAD AND SWITCH THIS AROUND.
- 3:16WE HAVE Y SQUARED = 2X SQUARED - 23.
- 3:22NOW WE KNOW THAT X CAN BE EITHER A +4 OR A -4.
- 3:26LET'S SUBSTITUTE X = +4 FIRST
- 3:29TO FIND THE CORRESPONDING VALUES OF Y.
- 3:32SO WE WOULD HAVE Y SQUARED = 2 x 4 SQUARED - 23.
- 3:40SO WE HAVE Y SQUARED = 4 SQUARED IS 16, 16 x 2 = 32.
- 3:50WELL 32 - 23 = 9.
- 3:52SO WE HAVE Y SQUARED = 9.
- 3:56SO AGAIN TO SOLVE FOR Y
- 3:57WE'LL TAKE THE SQUARE ROOT OF BOTH SIDES OF THE EQUATION.
- 4:00WE'LL HAVE TWO SOLUTIONS, ONE POSITIVE AND ONE NEGATIVE.
- 4:04SINCE THE SQUARE ROOT OF 9 = 3, WE'LL HAVE Y = + OR - 3.
- 4:10SO FROM THIS OUTCOME, WE KNOW WE HAVE AT LEAST TWO SOLUTIONS.
- 4:13WHEN X IS +4, Y CAN BE EITHER +3 OR -3.
- 4:20SO THIS WOULD BE ONE SOLUTION AND THE SECOND SOLUTION
- 4:23WOULD BE FOR -3.
- 4:26REMEMBER WHEN GIVING THE SOLUTION AS ORDERED PAIRS,
- 4:29THE FIRST COORDINATE IS ALWAYS THE X COORDINATE OR X VALUE
- 4:32AND THE SECOND COORDINATE IS THE Y COORDINATE OR Y VALUE.
- 4:37REMEMBER WE ALSO SAID THAT X CAN BE -4
- 4:40SO USING THIS EQUATION AGAIN, WE'LL SUBSTITUTE -4 FOR X.
- 4:47SO WE WOULD HAVE Y SQUARED = 2 x - 4 SQUARED - 23.
- 4:55WELL -4 SQUARED = +4 SQUARED.
- 4:59SO IF WE SIMPLIFY THIS,
- 5:01WE'RE GOING TO GET Y SQUARED = 9 AGAIN.
- 5:03SO IF WE TAKE THE SQUARE ROOT OF BOTH SIDES OF THE EQUATION,
- 5:11AGAIN WE'LL HAVE Y = + OR -3.
- 5:15SO THIS OUTCOME GIVES US TWO MORE SOLUTIONS.
- 5:17WHEN X IS -4, Y CAN BE +3 OR -3.
- 5:23SO THE THIRD SOLUTION WOULD BE (-4,3)
- 5:27AND THE FOURTH SOLUTION WOULD BE (-4,-3).
- 5:32SO THIS SYSTEM ACTUALLY HAS FOUR SOLUTIONS
- 5:35GIVEN BY THESE ORDERED PAIRS.
- 5:40AND TO VERIFY THIS WE'RE GOING TO GRAPH BOTH EQUATIONS
- 5:42ON THE SAME COORDINATE PLANE AND OUR GRAPHS SHOULD INTERSECT
- 5:46AT THESE FOUR POINTS.
- 5:47LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
- 5:50THE FIRST EQUATION IS ACTUALLY A HYPERBOLA IN RED
- 5:53AND THE SECOND EQUATION IS ACTUALLY AN ELLIPSE IN BLUE.
- 5:57NOTICE HOW WE DO HAVE FOUR POINTS OF INTERSECTION,
- 6:00ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR,
- 6:05WHEREIN THE FIRST QUADRANT THE POINT OF INTERSECTION IS (4,3).
- 6:09IN THE SECOND QUADRANT THE POINT OF INTERSECTION IS (-4,3).
- 6:14IN THE THIRD QUADRANT THE INTERSECTION IS (-4,-3).
- 6:19AND FINALLY IN THE FOURTH QUADRANT THE INTERSECTION
- 6:21IS (4,-3).
- 6:24SO THESE FOUR POINTS OF INTERSECTION VERIFY
- 6:27THAT OUR SOLUTION IS CORRECT.
- 6:29OKAY, I HOPE YOU FOUND THIS EXPLANATION HELPFUL.
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