document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=70535>Question 70535</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve: 4(x+2)-3x=x-6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I am not sure what the answer means:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a) 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) Identity<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c)No solution<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d) 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can you explain to me what identity means please and help me understand this problem, thank you.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I am not sure what the answer means:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a) 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) Identity<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c)No solution<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d) 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can you explain to me what identity means please and help me understand this problem, thank you. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you simplfy completely and both sides are exactly the same it's an identity and there is an infinite number of solutions.  No matter what you put in for x both sides will always equal.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you simplify both sides of the equation and the variables are eliminated, but the numbers that are left are not =, then you have a contradiction. There is no solution if that happens.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let's start simplifying:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4(x+2)-3x=x-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4(x)+4(2)-3x=x-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x+8-3x=x-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+8=x-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-x+8=x-x-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8=-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is a contradiction, so there is no solution.  \"c\" on your multiple choice.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Happy Calculating!!!! </SPAN>\n" );
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