SOLUTION: 1x+.5+3x-2=3x+1.5

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Question 212966: 1x+.5+3x-2=3x+1.5
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1x+.5+3x-2=3x+1.5

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  • This is an equation! Solutions: x=3.
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Look at .
Remove extraneous '1' from product highlight_red%28+1+%29
It becomes .

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Replace constants in expression: highlight_red%28+.5+%29,highlight_red%28+-2+%29 with highlight_green%28+-1.5+%29
It becomes .

Look at .
Moved -1.5 to the right of expression
It becomes .

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Removed extra sign in front of -1.5
It becomes .

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Eliminated similar terms highlight_red%28+x+%29,highlight_red%28+3%2Ax+%29 replacing them with highlight_green%28+%281%2B3%29%2Ax+%29
It becomes .

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Added fractions or integers together
It becomes .

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Remove unneeded parentheses around factor highlight_red%28+4+%29
It becomes .

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Moved these terms to the left highlight_green%28+-3%2Ax+%29,highlight_green%28+-1.5+%29
It becomes .

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Added fractions or integers together
It becomes .

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Moved -30%2F10 to the right of expression
It becomes .

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Factors 30 and 10 have greatest common factor (GCF) of 10. Reducing fraction.
It becomes .

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Remove extraneous '1' from product highlight_red%28+1%2F1+%29
It becomes .

Look at .
Eliminated similar terms highlight_red%28+4%2Ax+%29,highlight_red%28+-3%2Ax+%29 replacing them with highlight_green%28+%284-3%29%2Ax+%29
It becomes .

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Remove extraneous '1' from product highlight_red%28+%284-3%29+%29
It becomes .

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Solved linear equation highlight_red%28+x-3=0+%29 equivalent to x-3 =0
It becomes .
Result:
This is an equation! Solutions: x=3.

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