SOLUTION: suppose you are trying to solve a system of linear equations using substitution and get this result. How many solutions does the system have? 5 = 3 PLease explain how to sol

Question 300439: suppose you are trying to solve a system of linear equations using substitution and get this result. How many solutions does the system have?
5 = 3
PLease explain how to solve this
Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, Alan3354:
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
None.
Any solution that leads to a contradiction is not a solution.
Similar to the problem.

There is no number such that when you add 1 to it, equals itself.
Because if I subtract x from both sides then,

So therefore there is no solution.
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
None.
5 is not equal to 3.
You can get such a result when the equations are inconsistent.
eg:
x + y = 3
x + y = 5
The graphs are 2 parallel lines.
No intersection, no solution.

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