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Algebra Difficulty 5.2 AIME, harder Prove it Philippines

Problem:

For what real values of kk does the system of equations
{x−ky=0x2+y=−1 \left\{\begin{array}{l} x - k y = 0 \\ x^{2} + y = -1 \end{array}\right.
have real solutions?

Solution

Solution:

−12≤k≤12-\frac{1}{2} \leq k \leq \frac{1}{2}

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