Question

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Consider the equation
10x - 4 = ax + b
Find a value for a and a value for b so the equation has only one solution.
Show your work
a=
b=

Answer 1

a = 2 and b = 6.

Explanation:

The equation is given by
`10x - 4 = ax + b\\(10 - a)x = 4 + b\\x = ( 4 + b)/((10 - a))`.

The given equation is a one degree polynomial, hence it has only one solution whatever the value of a and b will be.

If the value of a is 10, then the solution of the equation will be undefined.

Hence, a is any real number rather than 10.

As for example, a = 2 and b = 6.