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The teacher asked Jenny's class to solve the equation 5x - 6 = 4x + 9. Jenny copied the coefficient of  on the left-hand side incorrectly and wrote down a different equation. Jenny correctly determined that her equation had no solutions. What was the coefficient of  on the left-hand side of Jenny's equation?

 Mar 5, 2021
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Answer:

15

Step-by-step explanation:

5x - 6 = 4x + 9

    +6         + 6

    5x = 4x + 15

  -4x     - 4x

x = 15

 Mar 5, 2021
 #2
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Your Q is missing some info

 

5x-6 = 4x+ 9      assuming the '5' is incorrect

5x = 4x+15        to make no solutions, if the '5' were a '4' there would be no soluntions

 Mar 5, 2021

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