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Please help!
Pleaseeee

Please help! Pleaseeee-example-1
User Nikolay DS
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2 Answers

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no solution (top equation is multiplied by -4 all values would cancel out)
User Jules Patry
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(1/2)x +y = 3 (equation 1)
2x +4y = 12 (equation 2)

((1/2)x +y = 3) x4
= 2x +4y = 12

2x +4y = 12
-
2x +4y = 12
= nothing

answer is B infinitely many solutions as the lines are stacked on top of another.
User Zeb
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