SOLUTION: Please help me with this: -18x+6y=24 3x-y=-2 Thank you

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Question 542280: Please help me with this:
-18x+6y=24
3x-y=-2
Thank you

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-18x+6y=24
3x-y=-2
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Multiply thru the lower equation by 6 to get:
-18x + 6y = 24
18x - 6y = -12
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Add to get:
0 = 12
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That occurred because we assumed there was an (x,y) point
that satisfied the two equations.
There is no such point.
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Ans: no solution.
If you graphed those two equations you would find the lines are parallel
(no point in common).
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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