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Graph both and where they cross is the answer to both.
By looking at the dots reaching the positive end of the graph and referring to the legend(if applicable)
By the substitution method By the elimination method By plotting them on a graph
In the same coordinate space, i.e. on the same set of axes: -- Graph the first equation. -- Graph the second equation. -- Graph the third equation. . . -- Rinse and repeat for each equation in the system. -- Visually examine the graphs to find the points (2-dimension graph) or lines (3-dimension graph) where all of the individual graphs intersect. Since those points or lines lie on the graph of each individual graph, they are the solution to the entire system of equations.
When you graph the quadratic equation, you have three possibilities... 1. The graph touches x-axis once. Then that quadratic equation only has one solution and you find it by finding the x-intercept. 2. The graph touches x-axis twice. Then that quadratic equation has two solutions and you also find it by finding the x-intercept 3. The graph doesn't touch the x-axis at all. Then that quadratic equation has no solutions. If you really want to find the solutions, you'll have to go to imaginary solutions, where the solutions include negative square roots.