Please answer the question in the photo.

The equation is sometimes true. When x = 0, 1 or -1, then the equation is true. Otherwise, the equation is false.

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Explanation:

When it comes to something like "always true" all we need is one counter example to break that statement. Pick something like x = 64 and you'll find that the left hand side becomes

while the right hand side turns into

This means the original equation updates to after plugging in x = 4. We get a false statement making the original statement false when x = 4. So saying  " is always true" is not correct.

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The equation is only sometimes true for the x values 0, 1 and -1

Let's try x = 0

we get a true statement confirming x = 0 as a solution

Trying x = 1 leads to

also true. A similar situation happens with x = -1 as well, just that we have negatives this time.