document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=355850>Question 355850</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THE STEPS\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "SOVE THE FOLLOWING SYSTEM OF EQUATION AND STATE WHETHER EACH SYSTEM IS CONSISTENT, INCONSISTENT, OR DEPENDENT<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=2X+5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "THANK YOU\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #254068 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ewatrrr><B>ewatrrr(24785)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ewatrrr><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=ewatrrr><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=254068\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi, Sry, didn't see the minus<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's first attempt to find a solution for the system<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = -2 ( this is a line perpendicular to the x-axis passing thru (-2,0))<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = 2x + 5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "substituting x = -2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -4 + 5 = 1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(-2,1) a point on this line.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "lines meet at(-2,1)and therefore the system has one solution (-2,1)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So we say that this point (-2,1) is CONSISTENT from one equation to the next. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "System is consistent.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "On the other hand, if there are NO points that work in both, then we <BR>\n" );
document.write( "say that the equations are INCONSISTENT. NO numbers that work in one <BR>\n" );
document.write( "are consistent with the other.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When a system is \"dependent,\" it means that ALL points that work in <BR>\n" );
document.write( "one of them ALSO work in the other one. \r<BR>\n" );
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