Fill in the blanks so that the resulting equation has no solutions.
__ + ___ + ___ = ___
p 3p 5p 7p 9p 0 7 1 3 5
+4 3p+5p=8p+7
The only way that a linear equation can have no solutions is if all the terms involving the variables cancel, and we are left with a different constant on both sides of the equation.
This conclusion is false, so the original equation has no solutions.
Using the given tiles, one way to achieve this is to write 3p+5p=8p+7
There are also other possible equations that can be obtained by re-arranging the terms, but this is the only possible solution.
