SOLUTION: Use the elimination method to solve the given system of equations. Please show all work –2x + 3y = 7 4x – 6y = 8

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Question 863880: Use the elimination method to solve the given system of equations. Please show all work
–2x + 3y = 7
4x – 6y = 8
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Multiply the first equation by 2.





Add the two equations:





Which is absurd. No solution, i.e., the two equations graph to a pair of parallel lines. No intersection, no solution.

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