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Is the open sentence 8 - 4x = 4x true or false when x=0

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8-4(0)=4(0)

8-0=0 is not true

x should = 1

User Epoc
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It is not true because if you add in 0 the equation would be 8-4(0)=4(0)

4x0 = 0

so it would be 8-0=0 which doesn't add up.

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