document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=334158>Question 334158</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> x-y=3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-6x+6y=17 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #239450 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jrfrunner><B>jrfrunner(365)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jrfrunner><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=jrfrunner><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=239450\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if you put both equations in slope-intercept form (example:  y=mx+b)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-y=3:   y=x-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-6x+6y=17:   y=x+17/6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you will see that you have two \"parallel\" lines which never cross, so no set of points satisfies \"both\" equations and thus the answer: no solution </SPAN>\n" );
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