Question

Which statements about the system are true? Check all that apply. y =1/3 x – 4 3y – x = –7 The system has one solution. The system consists of parallel lines. Both lines have the same slope. Both lines have the same y–intercept. The equations represent the same line. The lines intersect.

Answer 1

Answer:

The true statements are:

- The system consists of parallel lines

- Both lines have the same slope

Step-by-step explanation:

* Lets talk about the solution of the linear equations

- There are three types of the solutions of the system of linear equations

# If the two lines intersect each other, then there is one solution

- The equations are ax+ by = c , dx + ey = f

# If the two lines parallel to each other, then there is no solution

- The equations are ax+ by = c , ax + by = d in its simplest form ,

  where a is the coefficient of x , b is the coefficient of y and

  c , d are the numerical terms

# If the two lines coincide (over each other), then there are infinite

   solutions

- The equations are ax+ by = c , ax + by = c in its simplest form, where

  a is the coefficient of x , b is the coefficient of y and c is the

  numerical term

* Lets solve the problem

∵ The system of equation is:

   y = 1/3 x - 4 ⇒ (1)

   3y - x = -7 ⇒ (2)

- Lets put equation (1) in the form of equation (2)

∵ y = 1/3 x - 4 ⇒ multiply both sides by 3

∴ 3y = x - 12 ⇒ subtract x from both sides

∴ 3y - x = -12

∴ Equation (1) is 3y - x = -12

∵ Equation (2) is 3y - x = -7

∵ The coefficients of x and y in the two equation are equal

∵ The numerical terms in the two equations are not equal

∴ The equations have no solution because their lines are parallel

∵ The parallel lines have same slope

* The true statements are

- The system consists of parallel lines

- Both lines have the same slope

Answer 2

ANSWER

The system consists of parallel lines. Both lines have the same slope.

EXPLANATION.

The first equation is

$y = \frac{1}{3} x - 4$

This equation is in the slope-intercept form.

The second equation is

$3y - x = - 7$

We write this one too in slope-intercept form so that we can make comparison.

$\implies \: y = \frac{1}{3} x - \frac{7}{3}$

We can see that both equations have slope

$m = \frac{1}{3}$

This means the two lines are parallel.

The two lines have different y-intercepts.

Two parallel lines with different y-intercepts will never meet.

The lines will never intersect.