Use the method of substitution to solve the system of linear equations.

Question

Select the correct choice below and if necessary type a ordered pair if the chosen answer is (a)

(a) There is one solution. The solution is ?

(b) There are infinitely many solutions.

(c) There are no solution.  

 

Answer 1

First off, we need the equations to really help you with this.  I can only give you a generic answer without them.

I can tell you that for (a) to be correct, you will get an ordered pair (i.e. one value for x and one value for y). For (b) to be correct, you will get some useless-but-true answer (i.e. 8=8).  Usually this means that both equations are different forms of the same line.  For (c) to be correct, you will get an untrue answer, such as 0=-4.