17x - 8 = 3x + 16
Add 8 to each side: 17x = 3x + 24
Subtract 3x from each side: 14x = 24
ie 7x = 12 so x = One and five-sevenths
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One solution: x = -4
The equation has infinitely many solutions.
No. The equation describes a straight line and the coordinates of any one of the infinitely many points on the line is a solution.
The coordinates of every one of the infinitely many points on the line defined by the equation is a solution.
There are infinitely many possibilities. One of these is n+1 = 0