SOLUTION: please, help me to answer the quastion: explain the difference between simplifying an expression and solving an equation.

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Question 139499This question is from textbook beginning algebra
: please, help me to answer the quastion: explain the difference between simplifying an expression and solving an equation. This question is from textbook beginning algebra

Answer by vleith(2983) About Me  (Show Source):
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Simplifying means 'write this equation in as short an expression as you can". In the end, you have an equation
Solve the equation means 'find the values where the expression is true. In the end, you have a number, a value or an expression that represents the solution(s).