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  • 25-10-2019
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Luca shows his work in finding the solution to 2−6x=5−5(x−1). After checking his answer in the original equation, he found that it did not work. Where did he make a mistake?

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  • 25-10-2019

Answer:

probably made an error with positive negative signs

Step-by-step explanation

remember what you do on one side of the equal sign you do to the other side.

2−6x=5−5(x−1)

multiply 5(x-1) to get below

2 - 6x = 5 - 5x + 5

combine like terms on right side 5+5=10

2 - 6x = 10 - 5x

subtract 2 from each side of equal sign

-6x = 8 - 5x

add 5 x to each side to cancel out right side

-1x = 8

now divide by -1 on each side to get the variable alone

x = -8

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