SOLUTION: -4/5p=2/3 I am not sure how to start (negative four over five x p = two over three)

Question 894687: -4/5p=2/3 I am not sure how to start (negative four over five x p = two over three)
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You could multiply both sides of the equal sign times to get an easier equivalent equation.
is the reciprocal of , which is a way to say that when you multiply them together the product is :

So, ---> ---> --->

ANOTHER OPTION:
One way to get rid of denominators is to multiply times a multiple of all denominators.
(The least common multiple sometimes works best, but you can use any convenient multiple).
Applying that to this problem you could multiply both sides times to get
---> ---> ---> ---> --->
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