SOLUTION: Can someone help me solve this problem? I need to solve for x and check the results: -4(2x - 3) = -8x + 5 Thanks, Sher

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Question 53583: Can someone help me solve this problem?
I need to solve for x and check the results:
-4(2x - 3) = -8x + 5
Thanks,
Sher
Answer by funmath(2933) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi Sher,
This one doesn't have a solution. Observe:
-4(2x-3)=-8x+5
-4(2x)-4(-3)=-8x+5
-8x+12=-8x+5
8x-8x+12=8x-8x+5
0+12=0+5
12=5
12 does not equal 5 and we don't have any variables left, so there is nothing else we can do. There is no solution.