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I need an example of a matrix that has no solution. I also need to know how to use row operations to show why the problem has no solution.

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This provides an example of a matrix with no solution and how to use row operations to confirm this.

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Any two parallel lines in the plane that are not the same line, cannot intersect.

For example, the following equations

x + 2y = 1
x + 2y = 3

represent two parallel lines (same slope, different y-intercepts) that do not intersect at ...

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