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7. Writing Equations in Point-Slope Form

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Exercise 3 Page 183

Gather all of the variable terms on one side of the equation and all of the constant terms on the other side.

No solution.

Practice makes perfect

To solve an equation, we should first gather all of the variable terms on one side and all of the constant terms on the other side using the Properties of Equality.

2x+3=2x

SubEqn

LHS-2x=RHS-2x

2x+3-2x=2x-2x

CommutativePropAdd

Commutative Property of Addition

2x-2x+3=2x-2x

SubTerm

Subtract term

3 ≠ 0

Simplifying the equation resulted in a contradiction since there is no equivalence for x. Therefore, the equation has no solution.