There will be four ways a circle and a parabola can intersect because the solution of the quartic equation will be 4.
It is described as a set of points, where each point is at the same distance from a fixed point (called the center of a circle)
We have a circle and a parabola:
As we know the standard form of a circle:
[tex]\rm (x-h)^2 +(y-k)^2=r^2[/tex]
The standard form of the parabola:
[tex]\rm y = a(x-h)^2+k[/tex]
If we plug the value of y from the parabola equation in the circle equation, we get a quartic equation(4th order equation)
The solution of the quartic equation will be 4.
Thus, there will be four ways a circle and a parabola can intersect because the solution of the quartic equation will be 4.
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