Intermediate Algebra: Connecting Concepts through Application

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 0-53449-636-9
ISBN 13: 978-0-53449-636-4

Chapter 2 - Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities - 2.1 Systems of Linear Equations - 2.1 Exercises - Page 142: 39

Answer

The statement is incorrect.

Work Step by Step

A consistent system is one that HAS solutions. The number of solutions may be only one (when lines are independent), but there can also be an infinite number of solutions (the dependent case). So, the statement is incorrect.
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