document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=967068>Question 967068</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How many solutions will this system of equations have?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = -3.5x - 3.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -3.5x + 3.5 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y = -3.5x - 3.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( " y = -3.5x + 3.5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The slopes are the same:: -3.5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The y-intercepts are different:: -3.5 vs +3.5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore the lines are parallel.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "# of solutions is zero because the lines do not intersect.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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