document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1103183>Question 1103183</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 2x + 5y= 10 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "50x+ 125y= 100 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "50x+ 125y= 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply top by -25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-50x-125y=-2500, add<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0=-2400.  no solution. Lines are parallel.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can write as y=mx+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5y=-2x+10 first one<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-(2/5)x+2, dividing both sides by 5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "125y=-50x+100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=(-50/125)x+(100/125) after dividing both sides by 125<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=(-2/5)x+(4/5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "both have the same slope but different y-intercepts.  That is the definition of parallel lines. </SPAN>\n" );
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