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-5x -7y = -7
-15x -21y = -21

User Radames
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The system of equations has infinitely many solutions.

To solve the system of equations:

-5x - 7y = -7

-15x - 21y = -21

We can use the method of substitution or elimination. We will use the elimination method.

Multiply the first equation by 3, and the second equation by -1 to eliminate the 'x' term:

-15x - 21y = -21

15x + 21y = 21

Add the two equations together to eliminate the 'x' term:

0x + 0y = 0

Simplify the equation to get:

0 = 0

The resulting equation, 0 = 0, is always true. This means that the system of equations has infinitely many solutions, or in other words, the two equations represent the same line on a graph.

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