document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=776506>Question 776506</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Determine whether the given value is a solution of the equation.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a) x = 0                     <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) is not equal to 0 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "It is true that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE b\ \not =\ 0\">.  But the assertion that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE x\ =\ 0\"> makes your rational equation a true statement cannot be proven or disproven with the given information.  That is because <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE A\"> is not necessarily equal to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE a\"> \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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