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Julio solved the equation as show below. He made a mistake and incorrectly concluded that the equation has no solution. What was Julio's mistake? What is the correct answer to the equation?​

Julio solved the equation as show below He made a mistake and incorrectly concluded that the equation has no solution What was Julios mistake What is the correc class=

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Answer:

  incorrect use of the distributive property in line 2

  infinite solutions

Step-by-step explanation:

The second line of Julio's work should read ...

  -x +5x +30 = 4x +30

Julio incorrectly distributed the 5 over the contents of parentheses.

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Then the equation simplifies to ...

  4x +30 = 4x +30

  0 = 0 . . . . true for all x, infinite solutions

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