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Chelsea shows her work in finding the solution to 4x−5=2+3(x−3). After checking her answer in the original equation, she found that it did not work. Where did she make a mistake?

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Answer:


4x - 5 = 2 + 3(x - 3)


4x - 5 = 2 + 3x - 9


4x - 3x = - 7 + 5


x = - 2

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