document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1185864>Question 1185864</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can you solve the linear system: y = 2x - 3 and 4x - 2y = 8?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Explain your reasoning. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Explain how you can tell, without solving, how many solutions a linear system has? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(1) Can you solve the linear system: y = 2x - 3 and 4x - 2y = 8?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: Yes<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2) Explain your reasoning.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: Any linear system of two equations can be solved.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3) Explain how you can tell, without solving, how many solutions a linear system has?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "One way would be to put both equations in slope-intercept form.  Then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) different slopes --> one solution<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) same slope and same y-intercept --> infinite solutions<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(c) same slope and different y-intercepts --> no solutions<br><BR>\n" );
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