SOLUTION: y+2x=-1 y-4=-2x

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Question 64730This question is from textbook Algebra 1
: y+2x=-1
y-4=-2xThis question is from textbook Algebra 1

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y+2x=-1
If I rearrange the second equation by adding 2x to each side
y-4=-2x
y-4+2x=-2x+2x
y-4+2x=0
Add 4 to each side of the equation
y-4+2x+4=0+4
y+2x=4
But the first equation says that y+2x=-1
Your equations are inconsistent. There is no answer as the graphs of the two lines will be parallel so there is no intersection point.