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 x on the left-hand side of Jenny's equation?
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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 x on the left-hand side of Jenny's equation?
4 would do it. That would create 4x – 6 = 4x + 9
working problem out 4x – 6 = 4x + 9
next, subtract 4x from both sides and get – 6 = + 9 which cannot be
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