Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Number of solutions of linear equations

Consider the two equations

a1x+b1y=c1

a2x+b2y=c2

Then,

ü If a1/a2 = b1/b2 = c1/c2, then we have infinite solutions for these equations.

ü If a1/a2 = b1/b2 <> c1/c2, then we have no solution.

ü If a1/a2 <> b1/b2, then we have a unique solution.

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