1. Find all solutions

Find all solutions to this system of equations
$3x^2y-3y=0$ (i)
$x^2-3x-2y=0$ (ii)

I take
3(ii) – 2(i) = 0

=> $6x^2y-6y=3x^3-9x$ (2)
=> $6y(x^2-1)=3x(x^2-3)$ (3)

Therefor, I have these points.
(0,0)
(±√3, 0)

But x=±1 is also a solution. But that doesn't satisfy the right hand side in (3). I could have seen x=±1 and put it in (i) and (ii). But I didn't see that. Do I have a bad, nonsystematic method for solving this system of equation? How do I do it better?

2. Re: Find all solutions

Equation (2) is incorrect. As you have a $x^3$ term which is not present in the original equation.

3. Re: Find all solutions

Originally Posted by jacob93
But x=±1 is also a solution. But that doesn't satisfy the right hand side in (3). I could have seen x=±1 and put it in (i) and (ii). But I didn't see that. Do I have a bad, nonsystematic method for solving this system of equation? How do I do it better?
$3x^2y-3y=0 - (1), x^2-3x-2y=0 - (2)$
From Eq (1) we have
$3y(x-1)(x+1)=0$ satisfied by $y=0, x= \pm 1$
When $y=0$ have $x=0,3$ from Eq(2)
When $x=1$ have $y=-1$ from Eq(2)
When $x=-1$ have $y=1$ from Eq(2)

So solutions are $(0,0), (0,3), (1,-1), (-1,1)$

4. Re: Find all solutions

Originally Posted by kalyanram
When $x=1$ have $y=-1$ from Eq(2)
How? When $x=1$, then $6y-6y=3-9$ which never happens.

5. Re: Find all solutions

Originally Posted by jacob93
How? When $x=1$, then $6y-6y=3-9$ which never happens.
As I have already indicated in my previous post the equation you have referred to as Eq(2) is incorrect as it should have eliminated the $y$ term and should not have a $x^3$ term.

The Eq(2) I have mentioned is the second of the original two equations.

thanks