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Systems of Equations · Challenge problem

A system like this always has the solution x=y=0x = y = 0. Give the two values of kk for which it has OTHER solutions as well (smaller first).

(k−1)x+2y=02x+(k−4)y=0\begin{aligned} \left(k - 1\right)x + 2 y = 0 \\ 2 x + \left(k - 4\right)y = 0 \end{aligned}