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If 2x+12=2(x+4), then X equals what?

If 2x+12=2(x+4), then X equals what?
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If 2x+12=2(x+4), then X equals what?

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2x+12=2(x+4)\\ 2x+12=2x+8\\ 0=-4\\ x\in\emptyset
User Atilla Ozgur
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2x+12=2x+8
subtract 2x from both sides
12 = 8
Therefore there is no value for x as 12 can never equal 8
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