SOLUTION: Can you please show me how to solve this equation? -3[3x-(2x+5)]=-4-[3(2x-4)-3x]

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Question 98928: Can you please show me how to solve this equation?
-3[3x-(2x+5)]=-4-[3(2x-4)-3x]
Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
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-3[3x-(2x+5)]=-4-[3(2x-4)-3x]
work on inside parentheses 1st: -3[3x-2x-5]=-4-[6x-12-3x]
outside parentheses next: -9x+6x+15=-4-6x+12+3x
combine like terms: -3x+15=-3x+8
add 3x to each side: 15=8 The equation has no solution
it graphs 2 parallel lines.
Ed
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