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Solve for M:

3 + 2M = 10 - 6 + 2M

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User MegaManX
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Answer:

There are no values of M that make the equation true.

Explanation:

User MANISH ZOPE
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Answer:

No solutions

Explanation:

We can go through this one step at a time to figure out what M is equivalent to. First, let's write out our whole equation:

3 + 2M = 10 - 6 + 2M

I always like to combine like terms first. It looks like there are two like terms on the right side of our equation... 10 and -6. I can combine those to get 4. Now I have the following equation:

3 + 2M = 4 + 2M

Now, let's remove 2M from both sides.

3 + 2M - 2M = 4 + 2M - 2M

3 ≠ 4

We got an answer of 3 = 4, which is not true (that's why I put a ≠ between them instead of a =). What do we do with this information? Well, since we got an untrue statement as an answer, we know that no number is equivalent to M, or, there are no solutions.

Hopefully that's helpful! :)