2. An equation is shown below: 5(2x - 3) = 5 Part A: How many solutions does this equation have? (4 points) Part B: What are the

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barxatty [35]

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2. An equation is shown below: 5(2x - 3) = 5 Part A: How many solutions does this equation have? (4 points) Part B: What are the

solutions to this equation? Show your work. (6 points)

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Minchanka [31] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-16T06:26:03+03:00

Minchanka [31]2 years ago

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Distribute first then solve 5(2x-3) = 10x -15

Thus 10x -15 = 5 now solve for x by adding 15 to both sides of the equation
10x -15 +15 = 5 +15
thus
10x = 20
now divide both sides by 10

$\frac{10x}{10} = \frac{20}{10}$

Thus x = 2