SOLUTION: How do i make a system that will have an infinite number of solutions in the y=a+bx form?

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Question 356299: How do i make a system that will have an infinite number of solutions in the y=a+bx form?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Make the second equation a multiple of the first equation.
Then the system will have an infinite number of solutions.
As an example,
x%2By=1
3y=-3x%2B3
is one such system.
The second equation is three times the first.