document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=941430>Question 941430</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> y = -2x - 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -2x + 3 dependent, independent, consistent, inconsistent, neither dependent, independent<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " y = -2x + 3 dependent, independent, consistent, inconsistent, neither dependent, independent<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Both have slope = -2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the lines are parallel.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Not de;endent because one is not a multiple of the other<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Independent:: yes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "No solution so the variables do not have consistent value.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Inconsistent:: yes<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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