SOLUTION: Solve using elimination or substitution y=6x-5;12x-2y=7?

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Question 503751: Solve using elimination or substitution y=6x-5;12x-2y=7?

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
12x-2y=7


12x-2(6x-5)=7


12x-12x+10=7


0x+10=7


0x=7-10


0x=-3


0=-3



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


So the system is inconsistent.

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