4[x+3]=4x+12
4x+12=4x+12
it's open.
16 = 16 is an identity, not an equation. An identity does not have solutions.
... which is 2x + 2 = x so x = -2
It is, in fact, an identity - which is an equation which is true for all values of the variable.
An equation. (Both "equals" and "equation" have the Latin root aequatio.)
That word "equals" in there makes it an equation.
An equation or, possibly, an identity.
16 = 16 is an identity, not an equation. An identity does not have solutions.
This is an equation.
Neither. It is an equation.
An equation.
No. It is only true for one value of x so it is an equation. An identity must be true for all values of x. An identity equation is like saying "in other words ... ".
... which is 2x + 2 = x so x = -2
An equation. (Both "equals" and "equation" have the Latin root aequatio.)
That word "equals" in there makes it an equation.
It is, in fact, an identity - which is an equation which is true for all values of the variable.
This is the identity property: the additive identity property of zero.
0 = 0 is an identity and not an equation. Equations have solutions, identities do not.