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document.write( "Explain why the following linear system has no solution.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-2x=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=2x+3 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y-2x=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=2x+3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Writing both in slope-intercept form you get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 2x+1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 2x + 3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The slopes are the same and the intercepts are different,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so thelines are parallel; they have no common point.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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