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An electrician is determining the current in a circuit using the equation 6x+18=90{}6x + 18 = 90. This statement is true only when the resistance, xx, is exactly 12 and is false for any other numerical value. In mathematical terminology, an equation that is true for only specific values of its variable but false for all other substitutions is classified as a(n) ____ equation.

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