In Lesson 9.5, you explored the number of points of intersection of two conic sections. You saw

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In Lesson 9.5, you explored the number of points of intersection of two conic sections. You saw that, for example, a hyperbola and an ellipse can intersect 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4 times. However, points of intersection on a coordinate plane only include the real solutions to a system of equations. If you include nonreal answers, how many solutions can a system of conic sections have? Consider each pair of the four conic sections. Explain how the number of solutions is related to the exponents in the original equations.
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Discovering Advanced Algebra An Investigative Approach

ISBN: 978-1559539845

1st edition

Authors: Jerald Murdock, Ellen Kamischke, Eric Kamischke

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