Determine whether the equation below has a one solutions, no solutions, or an infinite number of solutions. Afterwards, determine two values of xx that support your conclusion.
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x−5
The equation x = x - 5 can be simplified as follows:
Adding 5 to both sides of the equation: x + 5 = x
Subtracting x from both sides of the equation: 5 = 0
Since the equation 5 = 0 is not true, we can conclude that there are no solutions to this equation.
Therefore, there are no values of x that support this equation.
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I apologize for the previous incorrect response. The equation x = x - 5 has an infinite number of solutions.
To see this, we can simplify the equation as follows:
x = x - 5
Subtracting x from both sides of the equation:
0 = -5
This is a contradiction, as 0 cannot be equal to -5. Since this equation is always false, any value of x can be substituted into the equation, and it will not satisfy the equation. Therefore, there are an infinite number of solutions to this equation.
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Another value of xx that makes the equation true is
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I apologize for the confusion in my previous response. Let's solve the equation x = x - 5 again to find the correct solutions:
x = x - 5
Subtracting x from both sides: 0 = -5
This equation is a contradiction and has no solution. Therefore, there are no values of x that make the equation true.
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To determine the number of solutions for the equation x = x - 5, we need to solve it and see how many values of x satisfy the equation.
Let's start by simplifying the equation:
x = x - 5
To isolate the x on one side, we can subtract x from both sides of the equation:
0 = -5
Now, we see that -5 is a constant value, not dependent on x. This means that no matter what value of x we choose, the equation will always be false.
Since there is no value of x that satisfies the equation, we can conclude that the original equation x = x - 5 has no solutions.
To further support this conclusion, we can choose two values of x and substitute them into the equation to verify that it is indeed false for all values:
Let's choose x = 0:
0 = 0 - 5
0 = -5
This equation is false, as 0 is not equal to -5.
Now let's choose x = 10:
10 = 10 - 5
10 = 5
Again, this equation is false, as 10 is not equal to 5.
These examples demonstrate that no matter what value of x we substitute, the equation x = x - 5 is always false, confirming that it has no solutions.