In the system of equations below, is a positive constant.
If the system has exactly one real solution , what is the value of ?
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The value of is 2.
Substituting into the second equation yields , which can be rewritten in standard form as . For this quadratic equation to have exactly one real solution, its discriminant must equal 0: . Solving gives , and since must be positive, .
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Determining the number of solutions to a nonlinear system by substituting and setting the discriminant of the resulting quadratic equation to zero.
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Alternatively, one can rewrite the second equation by grouping: . Since , we have , so . We now have a system of and . Substituting gives , leading to , which can be solved using the discriminant as shown in the primary method.
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