Answer
False.
Work Step by Step
$$2(x-3)+1=2x-5$$ Simplifying:
$$2x-6+1=2x-5$$ $$-5=-5$$
Then, the solution is any real number.
Therefore, since the equation has infinitely many solutions, the statement is false.
Algebra and Trigonometry 10th Edition
by Larson, Ron
Published by
Cengage Learning
ISBN 10:
9781337271172
ISBN 13:
978-1-33727-117-2
Chapter 1 - 1.2 - Linear Equations in One Variable - 1.2 Exercises - Page 89: 75
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