SOLUTION: Need someone's help please. Solve using the substitution method. Show your work. If the system has no solution or an infinite number of solutions, state this. 4x + 4y = -36 4x

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Question 494662: Need someone's help please.
Solve using the substitution method. Show your work. If the system has no solution or an infinite number of solutions, state this.
4x + 4y = -36
4x + 4y = 12
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
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Need someone's help please.
Solve using the substitution method. Show your work. If the system has no solution or an infinite number of solutions, state this.
4x + 4y = -36
4x + 4y = 12
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It has no solution because the slopes are the same
and the y-intercepts are not the same.
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Solution by substitution:
Divide thru both equations by 4:
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x + y = -9
x + y = 12
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x = 12-y
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substitute for "x" and solve for "y":
12-y + y = -9
12 = 9
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That contradiction occurred because we assumed the
"x" in both equations were the same and the "y"
in both equations were the same. They cannot be.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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