SOLUTION: -4(6y-5)=23-3(8y+1)
Whenever I tried to solve this, the answer ended up being 0y=0. What am I doing wrong?!
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Question 640249: -4(6y-5)=23-3(8y+1)
Whenever I tried to solve this, the answer ended up being 0y=0. What am I doing wrong?!
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You aren't doing anything wrong except for your inability to interpret the results.
\ =\ 23\ -\ 3(8y\ +\ 1))
and
are indeed mathematically equivalent statements.
So you have to ask yourself, "What real number values can I substitute for 
in 
so that it remains a true statement? And the answer is all of them!
The solution set to your original equation is thus 
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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