document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=8586>Question 8586</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> help me solve the equation:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + 2 =  x + 3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  3           4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It should be x + 2/3  =   x + 3/4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "thanks </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #4745 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=prince_abubu><B>prince_abubu(198)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=prince_abubu><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=4745\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Looks to me like there is no solution to this equation. If you think about it, there is no single number that makes both sides of the equation equal. The x's have to be the same number on both sides. Adding 2/3 to one of them and adding 3/4 to the other can never make both sides equal.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Algebraically, we could subtract x from both sides, leaving us with 2/3 = 3/4. Since that's an obviously false statement, there is no solution. </SPAN>\n" );
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