A triangle has a base of 10 inches and a height of 4.5 inches. What is the area of the triangle in square inches?
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Answer:
The system has no solutions.
Step-by-step explanation:
If you stare at it for the bit you can tell the system is impossible. Let's see why:
First of all, rewrite the second equation by bringing all unknowns on the LHS:
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Then take twice the first equation, doubling every coefficient:
See how the LHS is the same? The system is asking you to find a quantity (4x+6y) which is at the same time equal to four AND five - emphasis on that "and" - which is obviously impossible, because it implies that 4=5. So the point - which you didn't provide - is not a solution. Nor is any other point.