SOLUTION: solve: -4(2n-5)=-8n-20

Question 335501: solve: -4(2n-5)=-8n-20
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Start with the given equation.

Distribute.

Subtract from both sides.

Add to 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 n value, this means that there are no solutions.

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