SOLUTION: What is the first step in solving this equation?
9p + 12 = 57
A. adding 12 to each side
B. subtracting 12 from each side
C. multiplying each side by 9
D. dividing each
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Question 603003: What is the first step in solving this equation?
9p + 12 = 57
A. adding 12 to each side
B. subtracting 12 from each side
C. multiplying each side by 9
D. dividing each side by 9
Please help!
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The best way to answer this question so that the process will be clear in your mind is to actually perform each of the 4 operations listed and see which one of them actually gets you closer to a solution. Three of the operations listed will just create a bigger mess, and one of them makes things simpler.
John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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