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Why is the W|A solution greyed out?

Posted 8 years ago

Why is the "Result" greyed out. http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=solve++y+%3D+5x+%2B+10,++y+%3D+5x+%2B+2 I can barely see it unless I lower the brightness. The very light grey font de-emphasizes the solution. http://prntscr.com/ax9532

POSTED BY: dan albert

As it stands, it is greyed out and says

Result: (no solutions exist)

that's because you typed 5x without white space inbetween 5 and x and also because considering it as linear equation system it is not regular

In[2]:= LinearSolve[{{-5, 1}, {-5, 1}}, {10, 2}]
During evaluation of In[2]:= LinearSolve::nosol: Linear equation encountered that has no solution. >>

Out[2]= LinearSolve[{{-5, 1}, {-5, 1}}, {10, 2}]

Doing

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it works, by the way solving the system {y ==5 x + 10 y, y = 5 x + 2}.

POSTED BY: Udo Krause
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