document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=64730>Question 64730</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0078603900/algebrahomeworkh>Algebra 1</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> y+2x=-1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y-4=-2x </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If I rearrange the second equation by adding 2x to each side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-4=-2x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-4+2x=-2x+2x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-4+2x=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add 4 to each side of the equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-4+2x+4=0+4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y+2x=4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "But the first equation says that y+2x=-1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Your equations are inconsistent. There is no answer as the graphs of the two lines will be parallel so there is no intersection point.<BR>\n" );
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