document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=54815>Question 54815</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  My boyfriend says that if I solve for P that I will know in the number of weeks when he will propose!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "p2 + 3P + 2    =   3/2 + 3p -3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    p + 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ALso, he said the answer is not 1 or 1.75 or 7/4??? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #37299 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Hook><B>Hook(36)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-07.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Hook><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=37299\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> First off, if your boyfriend puts the time he will propose to you in an algebraic form, I think you should reject him for being a tool. That being said, lets get to the math:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We've got\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28p%5E2%2B3p%2B2%29%2F%28p%2B1%29+=+3%2F2+%2B3p+-3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28p%5E2%2B3p%2B2%29%2F%28p%2B1%29+=+3%2F2+%2B3p+-3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if you factor the top left part (I'm assuming you're cool with factoring), you get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28%28p%2B1%29%28p%2B2%29%29%2F%28p%2B1%29+=+3%2F2+%2B3p+-3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28%28p%2B1%29%28p%2B2%29%29%2F%28p%2B1%29+=+3%2F2+%2B3p+-3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=p%2B1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"p%2B1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > terms on the left cancel out, and you've got\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=p%2B2+=+3%2F2+%2B+3p+-+3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"p%2B2+=+3%2F2+%2B+3p+-+3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I'll combine the number terms on the right\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ok, I'll subtract a p from each side\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2+=+2p+-+3%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2+=+2p+-+3%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and add 3/2 to each side\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7%2F2+=+2p ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7%2F2+=+2p\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide by two\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7%2F4+=+p ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7%2F4+=+p\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I got what you got. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Is there a chance this thing was copied down wrong? I somewhat expected there to be a <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=p%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"p%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > somewhere on the right instead of two constant terms. What happens if you never solve this? Are you doomed to be single? </SPAN>\n" );
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