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Solve each system by graphing. Tell whether the system has one solution, indefinitely many solutions, or not solutions. (I'll send the image)

Solve each system by graphing. Tell whether the system has one solution, indefinitely-example-1

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The equation of a line in Slope-Intercept form is:


y=mx+b

Where "m" is the slope and "b" is the y-intercept.

You have the first equation:


y=-2x+1

You can identify that:


\begin{gathered} m_1=-2 \\ b_1=1 \end{gathered}

Knowing the slope and the y-intercept, you can graph the first line.

The second equation is:


y=-(2)/(3)x+5

Notice that:


\begin{gathered} m_2=-(2)/(3) \\ \\ b_2=5 \end{gathered}

Knowing the slope and the y-intercept, you can graph the second line.

The graph is:

Since the lines intersect each other, then the System of equations has one solution. The solution is the point of intersection.

The answer

It has One solution:


(-3,7)_{}

Graph:

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