Question

HELLO EVERYONE!
Solve for x: -3(x + 3) = -3(x + 1) - 5.
A)6
B)-6
C)All real numbers
OR
D)No solution

Answer 1

let's distribute each side first.

Answer 2

-3x + -9 = -3x + -3 - 5.

Answer 3

-3(x+3) = -3(x+1)-5
-3x-9 = -3x-3-5 The -3's are distributed
-3x-9 = -3x-8 It was simplified
-9 = -8 The x's cancel out.

The answer is no solution because the x's cancel out and -9 does not equal -8. So the answer is no solution.

Answer 4

Now, do you know what the addition and multiplication property of equality are? It states that whatever you do to one side you must do to the other.

Answer 5

Come on! Everyone always steals the answer right from under my feet and they get the medal instead.

Answer 6

Thank you both! I'm sorry @EmmaMink for not giving you the medal! agupta's response came a couple seconds before yours & I gave it to him before I saw your post

Answer 7

Oh.