document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=516544>Question 516544</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> is -3x+y=4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-1/3y=1    independent, depehndent, inconsistent or consisten </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "-3x+y=4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-1/3y=1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Put both equations inslope-intercept form:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 3x+4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1/3)y = x-1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = 3x + 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 3x -3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The slopes are the same (3) and the intercepts are different<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the lines are parallel.  The system is inconsistent.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That means there is no point (x,y) that satisfies both equations.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "independent, depehndent, inconsistent or consisten<BR>\n" );
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