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Shipping Cost Formula Simplification

A logistics manager is comparing two shipping cost formulas based on the number of packages, nn, by setting them equal to each other: 6(2n1)+3=2n8+5(2n+1){}6(2n - 1) + 3 = 2n - 8 + 5(2n + 1). When the manager simplifies both sides by distributing, combining like terms, and attempting to isolate the variable, the variable nn is completely eliminated. Based on the standard simplification of this equation, what is the final true constant statement that remains, and what is the mathematical classification for an equation that yields this type of result?

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