Are you saying that you were told there are two answers, p=1 and p=1/3?In the following equation, determine p so that m=2n (m being the x coordinate of the point of the x axis and n being the y cordinate on y axis).
I got 1, which is correct, but I also need 1/3, how do I get that?
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Yes the solution states that p can equal 1 or 1/3.Are you saying that you were told there are two answers, p=1 and p=1/3?
Did you check that answer, by finding the intercepts when p=1/3? You'll find that they are 24 and 6, which are not in the required ratio.
How do I find those intercepts?Are you saying that you were told there are two answers, p=1 and p=1/3?
Did you check that answer, by finding the intercepts when p=1/3? You'll find that they are 24 and 6, which are not in the required ratio.
You clearly know how to find intercepts; you used one method in solving the problem, didn't you?How do I find those intercepts?
Book answers can be wrong, or misread. What does it say, exactly?Yes the solution states that p can equal 1 or 1/3.
Sorry for responding now. But the problem did state that p=1 and p=1/3. No explanation.You clearly know how to find intercepts; you used one method in solving the problem, didn't you?
But the most straightforward way is to set x to zero and solve for y, and vice versa. If p = 1/3, the equation is 1/3 x + 4/3 y = 8. When y=0, x= ...
Book answers can be wrong, or misread. What does it say, exactly?