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24 November, 23:05

Muriel sees she has written a system of two linear equations that has an infinite number of solutions one of the equations of the system is 3Y = 2X - 9 what could be the other equation?

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  1. 24 November, 23:32
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    Eq2 : 6Y = 4X - 18

    Step-by-step explanation:

    - For any system of equation to have "infinitely" many solutions then at-least 2 equations must be dependent equations.

    - The dependent equations have many solutions as the existence of one makes the other equation redundant,

    - In other words, the basic example would be a scalar multiple of original equation.

    aY = bX + C ... Eq 1

    - The scalar multiple "k", can be any non-zero real value:

    kaY = kbX + Ck ... Eq 2

    - We divide the two equations:

    Eq2 / Eq1 = k ... constant (non-zero)

    - Linear independence check invalidates as their exist no non-zero scalar multiple (a, b) such that:

    Eq1*a + Eq1*b = 0 ... Hence, equations are dependent

    - So choose any value of k = 2:

    2*Eq1 : Eq2

    Eq2 : 2 * (3Y = 2X - 9)

    Eq2 : 6Y = 4X - 18
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