Answer
False
Work Step by Step
$$3(x-1)-2=3x-6$$ Simplifying: $$3x-3-2=3x-6$$ $$3x-5=3x-6$$ $$-5=-6$$
Since the left side is not equal to the right side, the equation is not an identity. Thus, the answer 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: 77
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