SOLUTION: Consider the system y=a and x=b where a and b are real numbers. Is this system dependent or independent? Is it consistent or inconsistent? Describe the system. If it is consist

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Question 461134: Consider the system y=a and x=b where a and b are real numbers. Is this system dependent or independent? Is it consistent or inconsistent? Describe the system. If it is consistent, what is the solution?
Answer by richard1234(7193)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I am not entirely familiar with the vocabulary since I never learned what dependent, consistent meant in my algebra class (nor did we ever use them in pre-calculus or calculus classes) even though I knew exactly how to solve such systems and identify which ones had solutions. I'll leave it up to you to classify the system.

However, we know that the two lines must intersect at exactly one point. The line y = a is horizontal, x = b is vertical, and they will intersect at the point x = b, y = a, or (b,a) as an ordered pair.
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