SOLUTION: Solve the system by graphing. 3x – y = 1 3x – y = 2

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Question 75594: Solve the system by graphing.
3x – y = 1
3x – y = 2
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you solve both of these for y, you get
y=1-3x
y=2-3x
Just by looking at these 2 equations, you can see that they will never intersect. Since they have the same slope, they are parallel. Here's a graph of y=1-3x and y=2-3x
+graph%28+300%2C+200%2C+-6%2C+5%2C+-10%2C+10%2C2-3x%2C+1-3x%29+Where you can clearly see that they'll never intersect. So this means there is no solution.