Question

How would i solve this?

Answer 1

Do you know what the distributive property is?

Answer 2

\[4n-9 = 2(5+2n)\]

Answer 3

would 4n-9=2(5+2n) turn into 4n-9=10+4n?

Answer 4

4n-9 = 10+4n yep that's correct. now the next thing you need to do is get all the n's on one side.

Answer 5

to do that i need to cancel them out?

Answer 6

4n-9 = 10+4n
-4n -4n


you can subtract -4n from both sides.

Answer 7

something interesting happens afterwards

Answer 8

cancel out so the answer would be -9=10

Answer 9

then you add -9 to both sides

and you get

0 = 19

Answer 10

what this means is that there is no solution to this equation

Answer 11

okay thank u

Answer 12

0 = 19 ??? that makes no sense.