A few days ago
Anonymous

special types of linear systems help?????!!?

how do you know that

2x+y= -4

4x-2y= 8

has one solution, no solution, or infinitely many solutions???

please help!

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A few days ago
historian

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Put them in slope intercept form and solve for y.

y = -2x – 4

2y = 4x – 8 or y = 2x – 4

These equations simplify to two different equations, so the lines aren’t overlapping — they’re not the same line. So there aren’t infinitely many solutions.

The slopes of the two lines are different, so they’re not parallel either. If they’re not parallel, there must be a solution.,

Straight lines can intersect at only one point, so there has to be one solution.

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