Algebra 1: Common Core (15th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0133281140
ISBN 13: 978-0-13328-114-9

Chapter 2 - Solving Equations - Mid-Chapter Quiz - Page 115: 10

Answer

No solution

Work Step by Step

We first use the distributive property on both sides of the equation to simplify the equation to: 2/3x-8/3=2/3x-2. We then subtract by 2/3x on both sides to get $-8/3=-2$. This is never true, so there is no solution to the equation.
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