How do you solve #18x - 5=3 (6x - 2)#?

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MeneerNask
Jun 8, 2016

You first get rid of the parentheses

Explanation:

#->18x-5=18x-6#

We can cancel the #18x# on both sides:
#->cancel(18x)-5=cancel(18x)-6#

Which leaves
#-5=-6#
and that is definitely FALSE

Conclusion: there is no solution.

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