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Hat point do these lines intersect? x=2y+17 x=13+2y

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Final answer:

The lines x=2y+17 and x=13+2y do not intersect because they are parallel, having the same slope but different y-intercepts.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine at what point the lines x=2y+17 and x=13+2y intersect, we set the equations equal to each other because at the intersection, both x-coordinates must be identical. So we have:

2y + 17 = 13 + 2y

Upon simplifying, we notice that the terms involving 'y' cancel each other out, leaving us with 17 = 13, which is not true. This means that the lines do not intersect because they are parallel. For lines to be parallel, they must have the same slope but different y-intercepts, which is the case here as both lines have a slope of 2 and different intercepts (17 and 13, respectively).

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