document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=41067>Question 41067</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Tell how many solutions the system has. Do not actually solve.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x -  y =   5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-4x + 2y = -18  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "-4x + 2y = -18 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "LHS is the same -4x+2y =-2(2x-y)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So both LHS are same. This can not construe a system of equations.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you consider each eqn individually u can have infinite solutions.<BR>\n" );
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