Introduction to Systems of Nonlinear Equations and Inequalities: Two Variables
Learning Objectives
By the end of this section, you will be able to:- Solve a system of nonlinear equations using substitution.
- Solve a system of nonlinear equations using elimination.
- Graph a nonlinear inequality.
- Graph a system of nonlinear inequalities.
Figure 1. Halley’s Comet (credit: "NASA Blueshift"/Flickr)
In this section, we will consider the intersection of a parabola and a line, a circle and a line, and a circle and an ellipse. The methods for solving systems of nonlinear equations are similar to those for linear equations.Licenses & Attributions
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