Question

Determine if the statement below is always , sometimes , or never true 2(3+5x)=6+5x

Answer 1

If we try to solve 2(3+5x)=6+5x, we start by distributing the 2:

2 ( 3 + 5x ) = 6 + 5x

6 + 10x = 6 + 5x

Next, we'd subtract 5x from both sides:

6 + 5x = 6

Then we'd subtract 6 from both sides:

5x = 0

Then we divide by 5 to fully isolate x:

x = 0

This equation is only true if x=0, so it would be "sometimes true" given the three options.