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Solve for x: −3(x + 3) = −3(x + 1) − 5.

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-3(x+3)= -3(x+1)-5
-3x+9=-3x+3-5
so you would have just distributed then you combine like terms and get
-3x+9=-3x-2
then add two to both sides and get
-3x+9=-3x-2
-3x+2=-3x+2
-3x+11=-3x
+3x+11=+3x
0x+11=0x
so 11+0x
divide both by zero and you get x+0
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