Solve the equation using the steps: 2(x+8)=2x+8 (5 points) Step 1: Use the Response area Property to get resulting equation. Step 2: resulting equation. Step 3: There is/are solution(s).
Step 1: We will simplify the equation using the distributive property.
2(x + 8) = 2x + 8 becomes 2x + 16 = 2x + 8.
Step 2: We will use the addition property of equality to remove the 2x term from both sides.
(2x + 16) - 2x = (2x + 8) - 2x
16 = 8
Step 3: Since 16 does not equal 8, there is no solution to this equation.