456,213 views
16 votes
16 votes
PLEASE HURRY!!!

Which of the following equations has no solution?

a. 3x + 1 = 3x + 1
b. 3x + 1 = 3x + 2
c. 3x + 1 = 2x + 1

User Antoine Augusti
by
2.4k points

2 Answers

17 votes
17 votes

Answer:

B) 3x + 1 = 3x +2

Explanation:

User Ujjwal Bhardwaj
by
2.9k points
19 votes
19 votes

Answer: Choice B

==================================================

Reason:

Subtract 3x from both sides to go from

3x+1 = 3x+2

to

1 = 2

which is always a false statement regardless of what you pick for x. Therefore, the original equation for choice B is always false and has no solution.

----------

Another approach:

Graph y = 3x+1 and y = 3x+2. These are parallel lines that never intersect. We need them to intersect to get a solution. This is a visual quick way to see why this system has no solution.

User Rasul
by
3.2k points
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.