Question

Help please idk if I'm getting the right answer
5x - 8(x + 2) = -3(x - 4)

Answer 1

-3x - 16 = 12 - 3x

Answer 2

now: Whats next?

Answer 3

add 3x to both sides, what happens?

Answer 4

x is some number

so if x+2 = x+4

then subtracting x from both sides gives us

2 = 4

which is always false

so there are no solutions to x+2 = x+4

Answer 5

so -3x+something = -3x+something else

is the same kind of contradiction -----> no solution