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A business analyst is using the substitution method to determine if two revenue models, represented by the system {5x2y=10,y=52x}\{5x - 2y = -10, y = \frac{5}{2}x\}, will ever reach an intersection point. After the variables are eliminated during the simplification step, which specific algebraic outcome identifies this system as 'inconsistent'?

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