Question

Determine if the equations are intersecting, parallel, or coincident.
bx - ay = 2
ax + by = 3

Answer 1

are the coefficients of x the same in the two equations?

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

in the first equation the coefficient of x is b and in the second equation the coefficient of x is a

Answer 4

are those the same

Answer 5

ohh no.

Answer 6

then that automatically crosses out parallel and coincident..because in parallel the coefficients of x must be the same, the coefficient of y are the same but the constants are different

i.e.

ax + by = c
ax + by = d

for coincident everything is the same

i.e.

ax + by = c
ax + by = c

Answer 7

so do you know the answer now?

Answer 8

ohh ok thanks a lot i got it!!