SOLUTION: Please solve this equation and I have to show work:
a-8=2a+5/2
(The 2 would be under the entire right side of 2a+5. I wasn't sure how to put the divisor line under the entir
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a-8=2a+5/2
(The 2 would be under the entire right side of 2a+5. I wasn't sure how to put the divisor line under the entir
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Question 516610: Please solve this equation and I have to show work:
a-8=2a+5/2
(The 2 would be under the entire right side of 2a+5. I wasn't sure how to put the divisor line under the entire equation. Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
Use the distributive property to remove the parentheses:
Add -2a to both sides:
Which is absurd. Therefore the solution set of the given equation is the empty set. That is to say there are no real numbers that when substituted for in the given equation will make the equation a true statement.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
