Question

Solve for x: -2(x+3)= -2 - 603all real numbers no solution

Answer 1

To solve an equation we need to isolate the unkown variable on the left side. This is done by switching the operations of each term in such a way that if a term is adding it'll go to the other side by subtracting and if a term is multiplying it'll go to the other side by dividing.

`\begin{gathered} -2\cdot(x\text{ + 3) = -2x - 6} \\ -2x\text{ - 6 = -2x - 6} \\ -2x\text{ = -2x -6 + 6} \\ 0\cdot x\text{ = -2} \\ \end{gathered}`

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