SOLUTION: What value(s) of x will make this equationbelow true? 2x - 6 = 3x + 1 - x - 7 ?

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Question 780831: What value(s) of x will make this equationbelow true?
2x - 6 = 3x + 1 - x - 7 ?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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None.
Try solving for x and find what happens.

2x-6=3x+1-x-7
2x-6=(3-1)x+1+7
2x-6=2x+8
and you would want to get all terms of x on one side and all constants on the other side,
2x-6-2x+6=2x-2x+8+6
0=0+14
IMPOSSIBLE.

No solution!