document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=380332>Question 380332</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> HOw do you know when an equation has an infinite number of solutions?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How do you know when an equation has no solution </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Any single linear equation has an infinite number of solutions of the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "form (x,y).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A system of 2 linear equations has an infinite number of solutions if<BR>\n" );
document.write( "one of the equations is a multiple of the other.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How do you know when an equation has no solution<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A system of 2 linear equations has no solution if<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the slopes are equal and the y-intercepts are not equal.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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