Luca shows his work in finding the solution to 2−6x=5−5(x−1) . After checking his answer in the original equation, he found that it did not work. Where did he make a mistake?

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Garreth Golding · Answer 1 · 2019-04-17T08:28:36+0000

Step 1, because when distributing -5(x-1), both the negatives on the -5 and -1 cancel out. The correct outcome would be positive 5, but instead Luca puts -1.

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