Question
$$28+8x = 8(x+3)+2$$
Answer
This equation has no solution.
Explanation
$$ \begin{aligned} 28+8x &= 8(x+3)+2&& \text{simplify left and right hand side} \\[1 em]8x+28 &= 8x+24+2&& \\[1 em]8x+28 &= 8x+26&& \text{move the $ \color{blue}{ 8x } $ to the left side and $ \color{blue}{ 28 }$ to the right} \\[1 em]8x-8x &= 26-28&& \text{simplify left and right hand side} \\[1 em]8x-8x &= -2&& \\[1 em]0 &= -2&& \\[1 em] \end{aligned} $$
Since the statement $ \color{red}{ 0 = -2 } $ is FALSE, we conclude that the equation has no solution.
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