SOLUTION: -3(a-2)=-3(a-3)

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Question 85222: -3(a-2)=-3(a-3)
Answer by scianci(186) About Me  (Show Source):
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Distributive property:
-3a + 6 = -3a + 9
Get variables to one side and constants to the other:
-3a + 3a = 9 - 6 [add 3a to both sides and subtract 6 from both sides]
Simplify:
0 = 3
This statement is a contradiction, so the equation has no solution.