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For the following pair of lines, identify the system by type.

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For the following pair of lines, identify the system by type. consistent equivalent-example-1

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Inconsistent, they're parallel lines
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parallel lines, never meet, thus they have no solution as a sytem of equations, that is their "x" and "y" coordinates never equate each other in both equations, and thus inconsistent
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