Been trying to figure this out for more than an hour now on my homework. I've tried using both substitution and elimination but neither have seemed to work for me. Here's the problem below.
-9=-50x-30y
0=-24+72y+120x
Posted Nov 4, 2022, 1:40 AM UTC
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There’s only one way I can think of that two lines of infinite length will never intersect.
This isn't solvable actually. If you multiply the first equation with 2.4, the variables will cancel out the second equation's variables. So, simply put, no value of (x,y) can satisfy this system