Problem

1954 AHSME Problem 12

The solution of the equations

\begin{aligned}2x-3y &=7 \\ 4x-6y &=20\end{aligned}

is:

\begin{array}{l} \textbf{(A)}\ x=18, y=12 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ x=0, y=0 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \text{There is no solution} \\ \textbf{(D)}\ \text{There are an unlimited number of solutions}\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ x=8, y=5 \end{array}


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