SOLUTION: If a system of linear equations has no solution, what do you know about the slopes and y-intercepts of the graphs of the equations?

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Question 577972: If a system of linear equations has no solution, what do you know about the slopes and y-intercepts of the graphs of the equations?
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Ff a system of linear equations has no solution, what do you know about the slopes and y-intercepts of the graphs of the equations?
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The lines are parallel, they have the same slope, and different y intercepts
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For example y = 3x + 2 and y = 3x + 4
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