document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1016547>Question 1016547</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the common solution for the system of equations given below.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-1/4x+y=-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x+4y=-8 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "-1/4x + y = -2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x + 4y = -8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a curious thing happens...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Did you notice that if you multiply the first one by 4, you get the second one?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thus these represent the very same line.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That means they are a dependent system with an infinite number of solutions. </SPAN>\n" );
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