SOLUTION: 4x-y=7 2x+4y=-10 is this: infinete solution one solution two solution no solution?

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Question 401094: 4x-y=7
2x+4y=-10
is this:
infinete solution
one solution
two solution
no solution?

Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Writing each equation in slope-intercept form,

y = 4x-7
y = -x/2 - 5/2

These lines have different slopes, so we can determine (without solving the system) that the equations intersect at one point and thus, one solution.