Final answer:
The equations for Maureen's and Liam's ticket pricing proposals, when set equal to each other, resulted in a nonsensical solution, indicating a mistake in the original representation of the proposals or the steps taken to solve the equation.
Step-by-step explanation:
To find the number of tickets that would result in the same price under both Maureen and Liam's proposals, we need to set the two expressions equal to each other and solve for x, the number of tickets. Maureen's proposal is represented by 2(x - 2) + 5 and Liam's proposal by 2x.
Setting these two expressions equal gives us:
2(x - 2) + 5 = 2x
Expanding Maureen's proposal we get:
2x - 4 + 5 = 2x
Now, combining like terms on the left side we get:
2x + 1 = 2x
Next subtract 2x from both sides of the equation:
1 = 0