SOLUTION: x-y=3 -6x+6y=17

Algebra ->  Linear-equations -> SOLUTION: x-y=3 -6x+6y=17      Log On


   

Question 334158: x-y=3
-6x+6y=17
Answer by jrfrunner(365) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if you put both equations in slope-intercept form (example: y=mx+b)
x-y=3: y=x-3
-6x+6y=17: y=x+17/6
--
you will see that you have two "parallel" lines which never cross, so no set of points satisfies "both" equations and thus the answer: no solution