When Ross solved the equation 12 = 3x, he made a mistake. Hiswork is shown below. What mistake did Ross make?3x = 123x - 3= 12-3x=9

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PKay · Answer 1 · 2023-07-10T02:56:28+0000

The mistake Ross has made was in line 2, and it is that we can only combine like terms, that is, terms that have the same variable at the same power. So

$3x-3\\e x,$

We cannot performe this operation.

When Ross solved the equation 12 = 3x, he made a mistake. Hiswork is shown below. What mistake did Ross make?3x = 123x - 3= 12-3x=9

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