document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=173638>Question 173638</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Explain when a system of equations will have no solutions and when it will have an infinite number of solutions. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #128498 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Mathtut><B>Mathtut(3670)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Mathtut><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=128498\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  Equations describing the same line\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "·  have an Infinite number of solutions such as.....x+y=3 and 3x+3y=9...these are the same lines....the 2nd is 3 time the first.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Lines  that do not intersect (Parallel Lines; having the same slope) <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "example: y=2/3x+7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "........y=2/3x+9\r<BR>\n" );
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