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Problem, we're being asked to determine if the given equation is an identity, a conditional equation, or a contradiction.
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And the only way to figure that out is to go ahead and solve it.
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So let's do that.
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So first, we need to remove the preemphasies by distributing.
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So on the left -hand side, we have to multiply negative 8 by x, which is negative 8 ,x.
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And then we have negative 8 times 3, which is negative 24.
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On the right -hand side, we'll bring down the negative 8x and distribute the negative 5.
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Well, negative 5 times x is negative 5x, and negative 5 times 1 is negative 5.
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Now, i see we have like terms on the right -hand side, so let's combine those.
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So i'm going to bring down the left -hand side, negative 8x minus 24.
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Then we'll combine our x terms...