We can solve this system by substitution:
if 2x - y = 4, we can manipulate this to arrive at:
=> 2x - 4 = y
Substitute in 2x - 4 to the second equation wherever we see a y:
If: 2x - y = 3
=> 2x -(2x - 4) = 3
=> 2x - 2x + 4 = 3
=> 4 = 3 ... This is obviously not true.
Thus, this system has no solution.
If you look at the lines in a different form:
y = 2x - 4
y = 2x - 3
You can see that we have two lines with the same slope: 2. They both begin at different y-intercepts: -4 and -3. Thus, they are parallel lines, and parallel lines do not intersect (meaning there is no solution to the system) unless they have the same y-intercept.
Hope that helps =)
2x-y=4 and 2x-y=3
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