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Solve for x:
4x+16 = 2(2x+16)

User Jschrab
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First lets expand the expression using distributive property

( 4x + 16 = 4x + 32)
Next lets cancel 4x on both sides

(16 = 32)

Since we know sixteen equaling thirty-two is not correct, there is no answer.

*I got 16 = 32 by simplifying the first step of expanding and there really is no need to subtract 16 from both sides, you can but either way its no answer just same result.
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