Asked by darren

How many solutions does the equation 8x − 3x − 1 = −2 + 16 have?





Notes

Simplify the equation before making a decision.

"How many solutions?" means "How many values can be substituted for the variable to make the equation true?"

Group of answer choices

Infinitely Many

Zero

One

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Simplify both sides: 8x − 3x − 1 = 5x − 1 and −2 + 16 = 14. So 5x − 1 = 14 ⇒ 5x = 15 ⇒ x = 3.

There is one solution.