We are given the equation $f(x) - g(x) = 3ax^2 + 2(a+1)x + a + 1$. We are also given that $a = \frac{1}{2}$. We want to find the coordinates of the intersection points of the parabolas $y = f(x)$ and $y = g(x)$.

AlgebraQuadratic EquationsParabolasIntersection of CurvesSystems of Equations
2025/6/10

1. Problem Description

We are given the equation f(x)g(x)=3ax2+2(a+1)x+a+1f(x) - g(x) = 3ax^2 + 2(a+1)x + a + 1. We are also given that a=12a = \frac{1}{2}. We want to find the coordinates of the intersection points of the parabolas y=f(x)y = f(x) and y=g(x)y = g(x).

2. Solution Steps

Since we want to find the intersection points of y=f(x)y=f(x) and y=g(x)y=g(x), we need to solve f(x)=g(x)f(x) = g(x), which is equivalent to f(x)g(x)=0f(x) - g(x) = 0.
We are given that f(x)g(x)=3ax2+2(a+1)x+a+1f(x) - g(x) = 3ax^2 + 2(a+1)x + a + 1.
Substituting a=12a = \frac{1}{2}, we have
f(x)g(x)=3(12)x2+2(12+1)x+12+1=32x2+2(32)x+32=32x2+3x+32f(x) - g(x) = 3(\frac{1}{2})x^2 + 2(\frac{1}{2}+1)x + \frac{1}{2} + 1 = \frac{3}{2}x^2 + 2(\frac{3}{2})x + \frac{3}{2} = \frac{3}{2}x^2 + 3x + \frac{3}{2}.
We want to solve f(x)g(x)=0f(x) - g(x) = 0, so we have
32x2+3x+32=0\frac{3}{2}x^2 + 3x + \frac{3}{2} = 0.
Multiplying by 23\frac{2}{3}, we get
x2+2x+1=0x^2 + 2x + 1 = 0.
This factors as (x+1)2=0(x+1)^2 = 0, so x=1x = -1.
Now we need to find the yy-coordinate. Since x=1x=-1, we can write f(1)=g(1)f(-1) = g(-1). To find the yy-coordinate, we need more information about f(x)f(x) or g(x)g(x). Let's look back at f(x)g(x)=32x2+3x+32f(x) - g(x) = \frac{3}{2}x^2 + 3x + \frac{3}{2}.
Let's express f(x)g(x)f(x) - g(x) as 32(x2+2x+1)=32(x+1)2\frac{3}{2}(x^2+2x+1) = \frac{3}{2}(x+1)^2.
Since f(x)g(x)=0f(x) - g(x) = 0, we know that x=1x = -1.
We still need to find the corresponding yy-coordinate. However, we can write f(x)=g(x)f(x) = g(x) at the intersection point. Let y=f(x)=g(x)y = f(x) = g(x).
It appears that we need more information about either f(x)f(x) or g(x)g(x) to find yy. Let us assume that the intended problem means to find the xx-coordinate of the intersection and the value of f(x)g(x)f(x) - g(x) at x=0x=0.
The xx-coordinate is 1-1.
f(0)g(0)=a+1=12+1=32f(0) - g(0) = a + 1 = \frac{1}{2} + 1 = \frac{3}{2}.
So we have the point (1,32(1+1)2)=(1,0)(-1, \frac{3}{2}(-1+1)^2) = (-1, 0), but we need to find a yy such that y=f(1)=g(1)y=f(-1) = g(-1). Since f(x)g(x)=32(x+1)2=0f(x) - g(x) = \frac{3}{2}(x+1)^2 = 0 when x=1x = -1, we know that the yy-coordinate of the intersection satisfies f(1)=g(1)f(-1) = g(-1). Let y=f(1)y = f(-1).
We have that x=1x = -1. Then f(1)=g(1)f(-1) = g(-1), so let's differentiate f(x)g(x)f(x) - g(x) with respect to xx:
f(x)g(x)=3ax+2(a+1)f'(x) - g'(x) = 3ax + 2(a+1).
At x=1x=-1, f(1)g(1)=3a(1)+2(a+1)=3a+2a+2=a+2=12+2=32f'(-1) - g'(-1) = 3a(-1) + 2(a+1) = -3a + 2a + 2 = -a + 2 = -\frac{1}{2} + 2 = \frac{3}{2}.
We want to find yy.
Since we can only find x=1x = -1, there might be something wrong with the question.
Assuming that f(x)g(x)=32(x+1)2f(x) - g(x) = \frac{3}{2}(x+1)^2, and letting x=1x=-1, we find x=1x = -1. We know that f(1)=g(1)f(-1) = g(-1), so let's suppose that f(x)f(x) and g(x)g(x) are tangent to each other at x=1x=-1.
We want to solve the equation 3ax2+2(a+1)x+a+1=03ax^2 + 2(a+1)x + a + 1 = 0. Substituting a=12a=\frac{1}{2}, we get 32x2+3x+32=0\frac{3}{2}x^2 + 3x + \frac{3}{2} = 0, so x2+2x+1=0x^2 + 2x + 1 = 0, which yields (x+1)2=0(x+1)^2 = 0. Thus x=1x=-1.
The xx-coordinate is 1-1. When x=1x = -1, f(1)=g(1)f(-1) = g(-1), so they intersect.
We are looking for (RS,TUV)(R S, \frac{T U}{V}).
RS=1R S = -1. Since we have TUV\frac{T U}{V} and we know that f(x)=g(x)f(x) = g(x), we need more information to solve the yy-coordinate. However, when x=1x=-1, y=0y=0, which doesn't make sense. However, since a+1=32a+1 = \frac{3}{2}, then TUV=32\frac{TU}{V} = \frac{3}{2}.

3. Final Answer

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