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Eliminating the parameter

Problem 8.230 · easy

Eliminate the parameter from \( \displaystyle x = 4 t + 3,\ y = 2 t - 2 \), and say what kind of curve it is.

t = (x − 3)/4; substitute into y.
Reviewed
\[ \left. \frac{\left(-1\right) x}{2} + y + \frac{7}{2} \right|_{\substack{ x=4 t + 3\\ y=2 t - 2 }} = 0 \]
The parametric point satisfies the equation for every t.✓ Proved

Answer \( y = \frac{x}{2} - \frac{7}{2}\ (\text{line}) \)

Lines: 1 proved, 1 reviewed. The answer was also checked a second way, without looking at the solution. The reviewers disagree about how one step is explained; every verdict is in the receipt. How we verify

The full receipt

Line	Status	Checked by	Detail
1	Reviewed	reviewers: gpt-oss:20b, qwen3.6:27b-mlx	a sentence; read, not computed
2	✓ Proved	sympy 1.14.0	simplify(lhs - rhs) reduced to 0
answer, a second way	✓ Checked independently	sympy 1.14.0 + mpmath 1.3.0	points on the parametric curve at four values of t satisfy the equation

Reviewers

gpt-oss:20b: pass
qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass — The solution correctly eliminates the parameter and identifies the curve as a line. The algebraic verification in step 2 confirms the result.

Every verdict on record (6)

qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass 2026-10-17 — The solution correctly eliminates the parameter and identifies the curve as a line. The algebraic verification in step 2 confirms the result.
gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-10-17
qwen3.6:27b-mlx: fail (error) 2026-10-15 — The solution fails to explicitly state the final Cartesian equation y = x/2 - 7/2, which is the primary requirement of the problem. It only verifies that the parametric equations satisfy an implicit form, but does not present the solved equation as the answer.
gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-10-15
qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass 2026-10-14
gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-10-14

Proved: SymPy reduced the difference between the two sides to zero. Checked independently: a separate method, named above, confirmed it. Checked numerically: the two sides agree at every sampled point, which is evidence, not proof. Reviewed: a model or a person read it; that is all a sentence can have. Solution by generator:structured/parametric_eliminate, checked 2026-10-17 with SymPy 1.14.0.