SOLUTION: Hi, thank you in advance for your help. My son's problem is 6-y = -y+2 We both are scratching our heads with this one.

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Question 340037: Hi, thank you in advance for your help. My son's problem is 6-y = -y+2
We both are scratching our heads with this one.

Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

First, I would replace with ,
and write each side as an equation


Now I can plot both lines and see where they intersect

The lines are parallel, the slopes are both , so
there is no solution (place where the same is on both lines,
and since I made , no solution for either

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