Solve for x: -3(x + 3) = -3(x + 1) - 5

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anonymous · Answer

distribute the values first.

anonymous · Answer

There is no solution.  is that a possible answer?

calculusxy · Answer

use the distributive property to distribute -3 among the terms inside of the parenthesis. that will then exclude the parenthesis out, making it much easier to solve.

anonymous · Answer

Yes @jbell0385. I tried every possible way to solve this and there was no way. That is one of the answers.

anonymous · Answer

are u sure you wrote it write?

tkhunny · Answer

There is clearly no solution at first glance.  Now, if that last value were "-6", instead of "-5", THEN we would have something interesting.

anonymous · Answer

the -3 and the -3 would cancel each other out...

tkhunny · Answer

There is more to this story.  Maybe another time.  As written, there is no solution.