SOLUTION: What must be true for a system of linear equations to have an infinite number solutions?

SOLUTION: What must be true for a system of linear equations to have an infinite number solutions?

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Question 51372: What must be true for a system of linear equations to have an infinite number solutions?
Answer by rchill(405) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The only way to have an infinite number of solutions is if the lines (equations) are exactly the same. Parallel lines will have no solution; two lines that intersect will have only one solution.
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