SOLUTION: Please help me solve problem using substitution: m=5p+8 m=-10p+3 Thank you, gmt

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Question 73519This question is from textbook Prentice Hall Mathematics
: Please help me solve problem using substitution:
m=5p+8
m=-10p+3
Thank you,
gmtThis question is from textbook Prentice Hall Mathematics

Answer by checkley75(3666) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5p+8=-10p+3
5p+10p=3-8
15p=-5
p=-5/15
p=-1/3 answer.
proof
5*-1/3+8=-10*-1/3+3
-5/3+8=10/3+3
-5/3-10/3=3-8
-15/3=-5
-5=-5