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

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

emmamink · Answer

let's distribute each side first.

emmamink · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

-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.

emmamink · Answer

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.

emmamink · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

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

emmamink · Answer

Oh.