document.write( "Question 1085441: 5y-20=7x
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document.write( "Let me re-write your equations in this equivalent standard form:\r\n" );
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document.write( " 7x -  5y = -20,    (1)\r\n" );
document.write( "28x - 20y = -40.    (2)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now, I see that the second equation has the coefficients proportional to that of the first equation with \r\n" );
document.write( "the proportionality coefficient 4.\r\n" );
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document.write( "But the right sides are not in this proportion.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It means that the system IS NOT CONSISTENT. In other words, it has no solutions.\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Also, you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site\r
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