Question

WILL FAN & MEDAL!!

The system of equations is inconsistent.

What are the missing values?

5x + ____y = 2
____x + 3y = 8

Answer 1

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 2

We would need more information...

Answer 3

thats all they give me .

Answer 4

Not for her age

Answer 5

oh, then i dont know... ask your teacher

Answer 6

Do you have an idea of what the answer may be? Tell me it if you have one :)

Answer 7

no i'm really bad at math XD

Answer 8

Are there answer choices or is this all you got? ^-^

Answer 9

And no worries, I'm bad at math too xD

Answer 10

this is all i got :(

Answer 11

The system and information is inconsistent xD

Answer 12

Not exactly Savior, every question needs to have a solution unless there's an answer choice that says "no solution" but we don't have that right now

Answer 13

Let's take small steps. Mermaid, do you know how to do these equations at all? Like have you done examples before?

Answer 14

no this is my first time thats why i'm so confused

Answer 15

Okay got it~ I found a website with a solution that may help and it gives us the steps. For convenience I'll just put it here :P

So basically:
There are infinite solutions for missing coefficients that will give an inconsistent system.

5x + by = 2
ax + 3y = 8

Answer 16

im sooo confused XD

Answer 17

LOL okay haha then let's try to find another

Answer 18

This is pretty much the only approach to the solution. The variables change different letters but that's probably not important

Answer 19

I'm just gonna give you the solution, I'm not sure how to explain. Have you studied the lesson?

Here's the answer~

5/a = b/3 ≠ 2/8
ab = 15, a≠20, b≠3/4

Answer 20

@ganeshie8 can you help explain this to us? D: