SOLUTION: How do you solve -3(s+2)= -2(s+4)-s? Thank you

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Question 257180: How do you solve -3(s+2)= -2(s+4)-s?
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Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
This -3(s+2)= -2(s+4)-s can be rewritten as:
-3s-6= -2s-8-s Combine like terms will be and add 6 to both sides:
-3s=-3s-2 Add 3s to both sides:
0=-2 As you can see there is no solution to this problem since we know 0 does not equal -2
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