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What is the soultion for y=1/2x-4 and y = 1/2x+5

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In the system:


\begin{gathered} y=(1)/(2)x-4 \\ y=(1)/(2)x+5 \end{gathered}

Both lines have the same slope, this means that they are parallel. The solution for a system of equations is the point were these two lines meet. But when 2 lines are parallel, they don't meet (never). This means that this system has no solution.

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