Algebra 1

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0133500403
ISBN 13: 978-0-13350-040-0

Entry Level Assessment - Multiple Choice - Page XXXIV: 1

Answer

$(0,-6)$

Work Step by Step

We have $$\begin{cases} x + y = -6\\ x - y = 6. \end{cases}$$ If we add these two together we get$$\begin{aligned}2x &= 0\implies x = 0.\end{aligned}$$ Substituting the value $0$ for $x$ into either of the original expressions gives: $$y = -6$$ so the point $(0, -6)$ is the only one at which the two lines intersect. What we have are two lines, one with slope $ 1$ and the other with slope $ -1$, but both of which have the $ y$-intercept $-6$.
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