SOLUTION: Could someone please help me solve 5-x=3(2-x)+2x? Thanks so much for the help!

SOLUTION: Could someone please help me solve 5-x=3(2-x)+2x? Thanks so much for the help!

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Question 69116: Could someone please help me solve 5-x=3(2-x)+2x?
Thanks so much for the help!
Answer by 303795(602) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Multiply out the bracket on the right hand side
5-x=3(2-x)+2x
5-x=6-3x+2x
Add up like terms
5-x=6-x
At this stage if you add x to each side you get
5=6
which is of course not possible. This means there is no solution to this problem.
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