What value of "a" makes the system 3x-y=17 and ax+y=-7 have no solution?

Hunter designs two flags for his adventure club. what is the length of the base, x, of the larger flag? enter your answer, as a decimal, in the box.

At the county fair, the baxter family bought 6 hot dogs and 4 juice drinks for $12.90. the farley family bought 3 hot dogs and 4 juice drinks for $8.55. find the price of a hot dog and the price of a juice drink.

Stu and ambrose are working together on a study of whether diet is related to students' mental health. first, they randomly select 10 students from the student center and 10 students from the office of counseling and psychological services. then, they ask students to rate their diet in terms of healthiness on a scale of 1-100 before completing a 20-item mental health survey. a) name one of the constructs being studied b) how was the construct you named above operationally defined in this experiment? e) was the variable you described above their independent variable, their dependent variable, or a controlled variable? d) what is a confounding variable? what is a potential confound in this study?