SOLUTION: Solve by substitution x = y + 5 2x - 2y = 12 Please show me if this problem is independent, dependent or inconsistent. More importantly I'd like to know the best way to solve

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Question 390612: Solve by substitution
x = y + 5
2x - 2y = 12
Please show me if this problem is independent, dependent or inconsistent. More importantly I'd like to know the best way to solve future problems like this''.
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Hi,         

Solving by substitution

x = y + 5

2x - 2y = 12   |substituting (y+5) for x

2(y+5) - 2y = 12

 2y + 10 - 2y = 12

         10 ≠ 12  there is NO Solution

This is an Inconsistent System of Equations