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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Systems of equations with the same slopes and different y-intercepts have no solution. Always Sometimes Never

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

if 2 equations have the same slope, and different intercept like |dw:1373825298556:dw| well, they have the same "parent function", the so-called y-intercept, is just a VERTICAL shift over the y-axis, as shown in the picture so, they're really parallel lines, so they never touch each other, thus they never have a solution, that is, they never encounter

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so i will say sometimes

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

hehe, so you think there are times when they DO have a solution then?

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

so pretty much you believe that, even though they're parallel lines, somewhere in space they do a high-five then quickly go back to being parallel heheh

OpenStudy (anonymous):

they might if you're talking actual world physics.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh i see parralle lines so its going to be never

OpenStudy (anonymous):

but that is quantum physics and this question is not about quantum physics

OpenStudy (anonymous):

okay so whats the answer then

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

lines with the same slopes are parallel lines

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