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Answer:
an infinite number
Step-by-step explanation:
Subtract 9x -5 from both sides.
(9x -5) -(9x -5) = (9x -5) -(9x -5)
0 = 0
This is true for all values of x. There are an infinite number of solutions.
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Additional comment
When you subtract one side of the equation from the other, there are three possible results:
- ax +b = 0 . . . . (a≠0) one solution (x = -b/a)
- 1 = 0 . . . . . . . . no solutions--not true for any value of the variable
- 0 = 0 . . . . . . . infinite solutions--true for every value of the variable
