Asked by Exponents are Dumb

On your paper, rewrite these equations in slope-intercept form y=mx+b
then determine the number of solutions to this system of linear equations:
2x+y=6

4x+2y=8
(1 point)
Responses

1
1

2
2

0
0

infinite
infinite

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Rewrite each in y = mx + b:

1) 2x + y = 6 → y = -2x + 6
2) 4x + 2y = 8 → divide by 2: 2x + y = 4 → y = -2x + 4

Both lines have slope -2 but different y-intercepts (6 and 4), so they are parallel and never meet. Number of solutions: 0.