Please show me how to figure this one. I can't seem to get it right.
–8x + 8 + 10x = 2x + 1
2007-01-09 14:59:46 · 6 answers · asked by Rene 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
–8x + 8 + 10x = 2x + 1
gather all the "x-terms" on one side and the rest on the other:
-8x + 10x - 2x = 1 - 8 ... perform the indicated add/subtract
(-8 + 10 - 2)x = -7
0x = -7
no "x" will satisfy this condition.
answer: "null set"
2007-01-09 15:03:22 · answer #1 · answered by atheistforthebirthofjesus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should be having trouble...there is no answer.
Collect like terms first on the left side.
-8x + 10x + 8 = 2x + 1
Simplify
2x + 8 = 2x + 1
Bring letters to one side and constants to the other.
2x - 2x = 1 - 8
0x = -7
There is no number possible to make this work.
2007-01-09 15:06:37 · answer #2 · answered by keely_66 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
–8x + 8 + 10x = 2x + 1 combine like terms
8+2x=1+2x
8=1
There is no solution to this problem. That's why you were having so much trouble finding it.
2007-01-09 15:05:13 · answer #3 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First, you distribute the 4 into both words interior the parenthesis: 4(2x-3)=3x+13 8x-12=3x+13 next, you upload 12 to each and each and every side to equalize the equation: 8x-12=3x+13 +12 +12 8x=3x+25 next, you subtract 3x from each and each and every side: 8x=3x+25 -3x -3x 5x=25 finally, you divide each and each and every side with information from 5x and the perfect answer is x=5.
2016-12-02 01:54:14 · answer #4 · answered by bartow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. add the common terms on the left side of equation.
2. Uing subtraction/addition properties, move common terms to one side of equation, ie. separate x terms form constants
3. solve by dividing your x term by its coefficient
Hope that gets you started.
2007-01-09 15:05:30 · answer #5 · answered by teachbio 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
-2x+8=2x+1
so...
4x=-7??
wait...
or it might
hold on...
0=-7
2007-01-09 15:04:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋