SOLUTION: 3(2x-7)=5x+17+x
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Question 1106015: 3(2x-7)=5x+17+x
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, josgarithmetic:
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3(2x-7)=5x+17+x
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6x-21 = 6x+17
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-21 = 17
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That is a contradiction.
There is no solution for that equation.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I will not show the steps, but only make a brief description.
Distrubutive Property, combine like-terms, divide both sides by coefficient;
What happens is you lost the variable term and find a false equation:
So since this is false, the given equation has NO SOLUTION.
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