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3x+1=3(x+5)No Solution?One Solution?Infinitely Many Solutions?

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Answer:

no solution

Explanation:

We can distribute on the right side to obtain
3(x+5)=(3)x+(3)5=3x+15

We can subtract
3x from both sides of the equation to obtain
3x+1-3x=3x+15-3x, which simplifies to
1=15, which is never true. So, the equation has
\boxed{no solution} and we're done!