SOLUTION: x-5/3=x-3/5

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Question 747486: x-5/3=x-3/5
Answer by tommyt3rd(5050) About Me  (Show Source):
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This equation has no solution:
x-5/3=x-3/5
x-x-5/3=x-x-3/5

-5/3=-3/5 which is clearly not true. Whenever we can simplify an equation enough to determine that it will always be false, we know that the equation has no solution.

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