GeometryDifficulty 4.2AIMEFind the answerPhilippines
Problem: How many times does the graph of y=±x+1x−1 cross the x-axis, the y-axis or the line y=x?
A number or a short expression. Fractions can be typed as 3/2, and spacing doesn't matter.
Solution
Solution: Twice, at (1,0) and in the third quadrant.
First x≥1 or x<−1. Solving x in terms of y, we get x=1−y21+y2. The graph of this equation has asymptotes y=1 and y=−1. For x≥1 in this graph, −1<y<1 and this portion of the graph does not intersect by y=x. For x<−1, we have y>1 or y<−1 with x=−1 as asymptote. y=x intersects this portion of the graph once in the third quadrant.
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