Thread: LINEAR EQUATIONS please help

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    ok i've composed the code using the method of elimination, and i have successfully worked out the value of and X and Y in ax+by= c1 and dx+ey=c2.
    but there is one more thing i need to ask, my code only shows the answer if the equations have a unique solution. BUT how do i tell the user if the equations has a infinite number of solutions or NO solutions at all?

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    Well, how do YOU know if the equations have an infinite number of solutions, or no solutions at all?

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    Quote Originally Posted by tabstop View Post
    Well, how do YOU know if the equations have an infinite number of solutions, or no solutions at all?
    well i know that if the equations are incosistent then it has no solutions , and if the equations are linearly dependent then it has infinitely many solutions. BUT how do i show that in my C program

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    Quote Originally Posted by apple_ranger View Post
    well i know that if the equations are incosistent then it has no solutions , and if the equations are linearly dependent then it has infinitely many solutions. BUT how do i show that in my C program
    Yes, but how do YOU know that the equations are inconsistent? (They don't say "inconsistent" on them -- how do you figure out they're inconsistent? That logic is what needs to go in the program.)

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