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Explanation:
Hello! Here are the steps to solve 4x - 8 = 3x + 13
4x - 8 = 3x + 13
+ 8 + 8
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4x = 3x + 21
-3x -3x
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x = 21
There is one solution because there is only one possibility for x. Let's check the answer.
4(21) - 8 = 3(21) + 13
84 - 8 = 63 + 13
76 = 76
x = 21, x does equal 21 and the answer that there is only one solution is correct.
No solutions would mean that after you solved the equation, you would get something like 9 = 7, 2 = 5, etc. which is not true. No solutions would mean that you would receive a false equation.
Infinite solutions would mean that after you solved an equation, such as 2x = 2y, you would get x = y. There are infinite solutions for this because you can substitute infinite numbers in for x and y. 1 = 1, 2 = 2, 3 = 3, 4 = 4, 5 = 5, etc.