document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=135490>Question 135490</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> INDICATE WHETHER THE EQUATION HAS NO SOLUTION OR IS TRUE FOR ALL REAL NUMBERS. IF NIETHER IS THE CASE, SOLVE FOR THE VARIABLE.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10x-2(4+5x)=8 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #99290 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=cbcrawford978><B>cbcrawford978(7)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-05.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=cbcrawford978><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=99290\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 10x-2(4+5x)=8......Use the Distributive Property (remember that there is a minus sign in front of the \"2\" ,so you have to distribute it as a \"-2\")<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10x-8-10x=8....\"10x\" and \"-10x\" cancel out<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-8=8..........NO SOLUTION </SPAN>\n" );
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