The problem
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I don't understand how to determine whether or not there is one solution
Answer provided by our tutors
You can equate the right sides of the equations at the bottom:
and that will give you a quadratic equation in x - with 2 solution.
From the graph you can also see that the green line will cut through the red at one more point (not visible on the screen). Notice 2 solutions are shown after zooming out: