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document.write( " Is -2x-y=9 and 3x-4y=-8 a independent, dependent, or inconsistent soultion <BR>\n" );
document.write( "when graphed?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "when graphed?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Look at the slopes.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -2x-9 and y = (3/4)x +2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "One line has a slope of -2; the other has a slope of 3/4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Two lines that have different slopes must intersect in one point.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The system is independent because one line is not a multiple of the other.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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