SOLUTION: 2x+4=5(x+1)-3(x+2)

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Question 648886: 2x+4=5(x+1)-3(x+2)
Answer by swincher4391(1107)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is testing your knowledge of the distributive property. As such:


Important to notice that it's -3 being distributed in the 2nd equation.


Stop right here, cause there is no solution! I'll show you:
Subtract 2x from both sides to get
which is a false statement. THIS CAN NEVER HAPPEN!
So, your answer is simply: NO SOLUTION.

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