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( "if you compare these equations of the lines to the slope-intercept form equation of the line <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=mx%2Bb ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=mx%2Bb\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > where <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is a slope and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is y-intercept, then you see that given lines have <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=same+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"same+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > slope of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and (by definition) we know that these two lines are <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=parallel ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"parallel\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so,these two two lines will not cross at all and that means there are no solutions, and the system is called <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=inconsistent ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"inconsistent\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > \r<BR>\n" );
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