document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=331086>Question 331086</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Could you please tell me if this equation has a solution or not. -8x - 3y = 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                                                                 y = -7x + 11<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-8x - 3y = 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -7x + 11<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rearrange:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3y=-8x-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = (-8/3)y - 2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = -7x+11<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The system has a solution because the two<BR>\n" );
document.write( "equations have different slopes.  So the <BR>\n" );
document.write( "lines must meet at a single point.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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