Stuck on a Simultaneous Equations question

I've been struggling with this for a minute, not sure how to manipulate it..

172.8 = 10p^3q^2

-46.08 = 10p^2q^3


Any help is much appreciated!!

I've been struggling with this for a minute, not sure how to manipulate it..

172.8 = 10p^3q^2

-46.08 = 10p^2q^3


Any help is much appreciated!!

sorry what does this symbol '^' mean?

Raised to a power of, i.e 2^2 = 4

I thought that but I'm still confused. Like is it 10p^(3q + 2) or 10p + 3q^2, there's no plus/addition, idk if that's normal but it's not like any simultaneous equation i've seen

I think the various terms on the right hand sides are multiplied by one another, i.e 172.8 = 10(p^3)(q^2), though it is somewhat ambiguously written in the original post as it could also be interpreted to be 172.8 = 10p^(3q)^2, which is not a very nice simultaneous equation!

I've been struggling with this for a minute, not sure how to manipulate it..

172.8 = 10p^3q^2

-46.08 = 10p^2q^3


Any help is much appreciated!!

I think the various terms on the right hand sides are multiplied by one another, i.e 172.8 = 10(p^3)(q^2), though it is somewhat ambiguously written in the original post as it could also be interpreted to be 172.8 = 10p^(3q)^2, which is not a very nice simultaneous equation!

Have you started by dividing one equation by another?

Yeah I attempted to do that and got -3.75 = (p)(q^-1)

I'm not sure how to eliminate the p or q though.

If you multiply both sides of that by q, what do you get and why might it be useful?

Ohhh I think I see now!

You get p = -3.75q

You could then substitute that into either equation to solve for q and p? I got q = 0.8 and p = 3