The circle and the line intersect at two points. What is the sum of the -coordinates of these points?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A.
- Step 1: Substitute: , so and .
- Step 2: This factorises as , so or .
- Step 3: Then or . The sum of the -values is .
Answer
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Why not the others: is the sum of the -coordinates, ; is , the sum of the absolute values of the -coordinates; and do not match .
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