graphical intersections
What graphical intersections means in Mathematics A-Level, as defined for AQA, WJEC.
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Reference: AQA
The solutions seen as points where the corresponding graphs meet, such as a line intersecting a circle or parabola at two points, one point or no points.
Algebraic solutions correspond geometrically to the coordinates of intersection points between curves in the Cartesian plane.
Topics that use graphical intersections
- B: Algebra and functions (AQA A-Level)
- Algebra and Functions (AS Unit 1: Pure Mathematics A) (WJEC A-Level)
Related terms
- Asymptotes
- Completing the square
- critical values
- direct proportion
- Discriminant
- Factor theorem
- Graph transformations
- inverse proportion
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