SOLUTION: Please help me solve and check this equation: 3x-7=6x-3(x+2) . I tried solving it and got x=1, but It did not work when I plugged it back into the equation .

Question 681346: Please help me solve and check this equation: 3x-7=6x-3(x+2) . I tried solving it and got x=1, but It did not work when I plugged it back into the equation .
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, edjones:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given equation.

Distribute.

Combine like terms on the right side.

Add to both sides.

Subtract from both sides.

Combine like terms on the left side.

Combine like terms on the right side.

Simplify.

Since this equation is NEVER true for any x value, this means that there are NO solutions.

Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3x-7=6x-3(x+2)
...=6x-3x-6
3x-7=3x-6
0=1 There is no answer.
.
Ed
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