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Published on: August 13, 2026
The number of points of intersection of the curves represented by
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A
From the circle-line substitution, the only common solution is
But the ray is defined only for
Since the intersection occurs at 
, which is excluded from the ray, that point does not belong to the first curve.
Hence, the two curves have
points of intersection.
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