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-3×+9=-3(2×+3)+3(×-4)+1

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The expression we have is:


-3x+9=-3(2x+3)+3(x-4)+1

Step 1. To solve for x, we need to first apply the distributive property on the right-hand side of the equation. The distributive property is to multiply the number outside each pair of parenthesis by the terms inside it. We get the following:


-3x+9=-3\cdot2x-3\cdot3+3\cdot x+3\cdot(-4)+1

Solving the multiplications on the right-hand side:


-3x+9=-6x-9+3x-12+1

Step 2. Combine the like terms.

We start by combining the terms that contain x:


-3x+9=-3x-9-12+1

And then, combine the independent terms:


-3x+9=-3x+4

Step 3. Add 3x to both sides of the equation:


-3x+3x+9=4

On the left side, we get that -3x+3x cancel each other:


9=4

As we can see, this is not true, which means that there is no solution for x.

Answer: There is no solution for x.

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