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Question 1. What value could complete this given equation that would make it true for no values of x? Show or explain your thinking.

Question 2. What value could complete this equation that would make it true for every value of x? Show or explain.

User Espen
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Answer:

0

Explanation:

Given equations is

x+2y=8,5x+10y=c

The equations a

1

x+b

1

y=c

1

and a

2

x+b

2

y=c

2

will have uique solutions if

a

2

a

1

=

b

2

b

1

=

c

2

c

1

but from equations,

a

2

a

1

=

5

1

,

b

2

b

1

=

10

2

,

c

2

c

1

=

c

8

a

2

a

1

=

b

2

b

1

The given equations does not have unique solution, so the given statement is false, The correct answer is 0

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