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Verifying Solutions in Operations Models

An operations manager is auditing a resource allocation model represented by the equation $9x - 5 - 8x - 6 = 7.Toverifythataproposedsolutionof. To verify that a proposed solution of x = 18isaccurate,themanagersubstitutesthevalueintotheequationandsimplifiestheleftside.Whatspecificnumericalvaluemusttheleftsideoftheequationequalinordertoconfirmthatis accurate, the manager substitutes the value into the equation and simplifies the left side. What specific numerical value must the left side of the equation equal in order to confirm thatx = 18$ is the correct solution?

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