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                          Solve and check this  system algebraically:   y = x2 - x - 6
 y = x - 3
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                          Solve and check this system algebraically:   2x + y = 2
 y = (x - 1)2 + 1
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                          Solve and check this system by graphing:   y = x + 3
 y = x2 - 2x - 1
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                          Solve and check this  system by graphing:   y = -x2 - 2x + 8
 2x - y = -3
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                      Which ordered pair is a solution to the system of equations:y = x2 - x    and     y = x + 3 ?
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                    | 6.  |  How many unique solutions are there to the following system of equations?y = x2 - 5x + 3    and    y = x - 6
 
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                      Which ordered pair is a solution to the system of equations graphed at the right?
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                    | 8.  |  How many unique solutions are there to the following system of equations?y = -x2 - x + 2    and    x + 3y = 12
 
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