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Answer:

None

since the slopes are equal, it's either infinite or none.

since the ratios of Ys and Xs is 1, 18/16 should be 1 to say we have infinite answers. since it's not, the is no solution at all.

User Aneesh Mohan
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Answer:

(a) none

Explanation:

The given equations are the same except for the right-side constant. In order for there to be any solution, the left-side expression would have to have two values simultaneously. It cannot.

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These equation are described as "inconsistent." There are no solutions.

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Additional comment

Subtracting the second equation from the first gives the result ...

0 = 2 . . . . false

There are no values of the variables x and y that will make this be true.

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