SOLUTION: What is consistent, inconsistent, and dependent?

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Question 42793: What is consistent, inconsistent, and dependent?
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Consistent systems have lines which intersect. They have one solution.
Inconsistent systems have lines which are parallel. They have no solutions.
Dependent systems have lines which overlap - the same line. They have infinite solutions.