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100 POINTS!!!
See picture for math problem, please show work.

100 POINTS!!! See picture for math problem, please show work.-example-1

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We can solve or simplify the equation to find if an equation has one solution, no solutions, or infinitely many solutions.


3(x-2) = 3x-2

Use the distributive property on the left side of the equation


3x-6=3x-2

Subtract both sides by 3x


3x-3x-6=3x-3x-2


-6=-2

Realize how weird our final output is? -6 does NOT equal -2. Since there's no way we could've solved for x and the final output isn't true, this equation has no solutions.

This means that the graph of lines are parallel in the coordinate plane and never intersect.

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User Vitor Arbex
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Answer:

no solution

Explanation:

3(x-2) = 3x-2

x(3) -2(3) = 3x-2

3x -6 = 3x - 2 (subtract 3x from both sides)

-6 = -2

it is obvious that this is a false statement (-6 is obviously not equal to -2)

hence this equation has no solution.

User Dave Brown
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