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7-3x=x-4(2+x) please help

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the answer is below :)))
7-3x=x-4(2+x) please help-example-1
User Zonko
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\huge\boxed{\text{This equation has no solution.}}

Distribute the
-4 to the
(2-x).
7-3x=x-8-4x

Rearrange the terms.
-3x+7=-4x+x-8

Combine the like terms.
-3x+7=-3x-8

Add
3x on both sides.
7=-8

This statement is false, so the equation has
\boxed{\text{no solution}}.

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