SOLUTION: -4(6y-5)=23-3(8y+1) Whenever I tried to solve this, the answer ended up being 0y=0. What am I doing wrong?!

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Question 640249: -4(6y-5)=23-3(8y+1)
Whenever I tried to solve this, the answer ended up being 0y=0. What am I doing wrong?!
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


You aren't doing anything wrong except for your inability to interpret the results.



and



are indeed mathematically equivalent statements.

So you have to ask yourself, "What real number values can I substitute for in so that it remains a true statement? And the answer is all of them!

The solution set to your original equation is thus

John

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