Question #577ed

1 Answer
Feb 18, 2017

Solve the second equation for y:

10x - 2y = 6

-color(red)(10x) + 10x - 2y = -color(red)(10x) + 6

0 - 2y = -10x + 6

-2y = -10x + 6

(-2y)/color(red)(-2) = (-10x + 6)/color(red)(-2)

(color(red)(cancel(color(black)(-2)))y)/cancel(color(red)(-2)) = (-10x)/color(red)(-2) + 6/color(red)(-2)

y = 5x - 3

Because both these equations are in fact the same equation there are an infinite number of solutions for this system.