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As an inventory analyst at a manufacturing plant, you use a system of linear equations to determine the exact quantities of three different raw materials (xx, yy, and zz) required to fulfill three distinct production runs. The constraints are modeled by the following system: {x+2y3z=1x3y+z=12xy2z=2\left\{\begin{array}{l} x + 2y - 3z = -1 \\ x - 3y + z = 1 \\ 2x - y - 2z = 2 \end{array}\right. Following the elimination method, you first eliminate the material variable zz from the equations, which results in the new sub-system: {4x7y=24x7y=4\left\{\begin{array}{l} 4x - 7y = 2 \\ 4x - 7y = 4 \end{array}\right. To continue, you eliminate the remaining variables from this sub-system by multiplying the second equation by -1 and adding it to the first. This completely eliminates the variables and results in the mathematically false statement 0=2{}0 = -2. Based on the rules for solving systems of equations, what do you recall this false statement indicates about the raw material constraints?

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