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5(2x – 3) = 5 Part A: How many solutions does this equation have? (4 points) Part B: What are the solutions to this equation? Show your work. (6 points)

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a) One Solution

b) the solution is x=2

Step-by-step explanation

The given equation is:


5(2x - 3) = 5

We expand to get;


10x - 15 = 5

Group similar terms;


10x = 15 + 5

This implies that,


10x = 20

Divide both sides by 10 to obtain,


x = 2

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