document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=968994>Question 968994</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Problem 13, page 182:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3(2x+6)-5(x+8)=x-22 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "3(2x+6)-5(x+8)=x-22,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6x + 18 - 5x - 40 = x -22,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x - 22 = x - 22.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is an identity. &nbsp;Any value of &nbsp;x&nbsp; satisfies this identity.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, &nbsp;any value of &nbsp;x&nbsp; satisfies the original equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It has infinitely many solution: &nbsp;all real numbers.\r<BR>\n" );
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