78.4k views
4 votes
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
User GeertvdC
by
5.9k points

1 Answer

3 votes

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.

User Yura Rodchyn
by
7.1k points