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How many solutions are there to the system of equations shown below?
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How many solutions are there to the system of equations shown below?

How many solutions are there to the system of equations shown below?-example-1
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Step-by-step explanation: Notice that the two equations in this problem have the same slope of -1/4 but different y-intercepts.

When lines have the same slopes, they are parallel.

Parallel lines never meet/intersect so there is no solution.

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