SOLUTION: -3x-y=-1 3x+y= 2 ------- 0=1 Question: What do you do next? Would it be no solution or all real numbers?

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Question 368319: -3x-y=-1
3x+y= 2
-------
0=1
Question: What do you do next? Would it be no solution or all real numbers?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since your equations lead to an inconsistency, there can be no solution.
No combination of x and y can make these equations true.
These two lines are parallel and never meet, hence no solution.