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Solve the following system of equations graphically: 4x-5y+16=0, 2x+y-6=0. Determine the vertices of the triangle formed by these lines and the x-axis.

Solution:

On a graph paper, draw a horizontal line and a vertical line YOY’ as the -axis and -axis, respectively.

Graph of

Putting , we obtain .
Putting , we obtain .
Putting , we obtain .

Therefore, we have the following table for the equation .

   

Now, plot the points and on the graph paper.
Join and to get the graph line . Extend it on both ways.

So, is the graph of

Putting , we obtain .
Putting , we obtain .
Putting , we obtain .

So, we have the following table for the equation .

   

Now, plot the points and . The point has already been plotted. Join and to get the graph line . Extend it on both ways Then, is the graph of the equation .


The two graph lines intersect at .
The solution of the given system of equations is and .
As a result, these lines form with the -axis, whose vertices are and .