How do you solve -x + 5 + 6 x = 1 + 5 x + 3?

2 Answers
Jun 11, 2018

See solution process below

Explanation:

-x + 5 + 6x = 1 + 5x + 3

Simplifying;

-x + 6x + 5 = 1 + 3 + 5x

5x + 5 = 4 + 5x

Collecting like terms;

5x - 5x = 5 - 4

0 = 1

The question is not valid..

Jun 11, 2018

Equation has no solution

Explanation:

If we simplify our like terms to begin with, we get

5x+5=5x+4

The variable terms cancel, and we're left with

cancel(5x)+5=cancel(5x)+4

=>5=4

This is obviously not true, so we would say this equation has no solutions. We achieved a weird result that somehow 5 is equal to 4. This means that there are no values of x that will ever make this true.

Hope this helps!