SOLUTION: Classify each system and determine the number of solutions. {y + x = 2 y + 1 = -x

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Question 344374: Classify each system and determine the number of solutions.

{y + x = 2
y + 1 = -x
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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y+%2B+x+=+2
1.x%2By=2
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y+%2B+1+=+-x
2.x%2By=-1
Since both equations have the same left hand side and a different right hand side, there is no solution.
The system is inconsistent.
The two lines are parallel and never meet, hence no solution.