SOLUTION: Please help me in this question i got it for h.w and i need it for tomorrow please help! Thanks so much i really appreciate it! Question: Why is it impossible for any point to

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Question: Why is it impossible for any point to lie on both y=3x+5 and on y=3x-2?
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Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If y=3x+5 and y=3x-2, then 3x+5 = 3x-2 ( I started with y=3x-2, then replaced 'y' with '3x+5' on the left side)

Solve this equation to get

3x+5=3x-2

3x=3x-2-5

3x-3x=-2-5

0x=-2-5

0x=-7

0=-7

Since this equation is NEVER true for any x value, this means that there are no solutions.

So because there are no solutions for x, there are no solutions for y as well. Therefore, there are no points that lie on both lines at the same time.

So the two lines never intersect.

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Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
because the lines are parallel (they never cross)

the equations are in slope-intercept form (y = mx + b)

the lines have the same slope (m), which makes them parallel

they are not the same line, because the y-intercepts (b) are different
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