document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=717450>Question 717450</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solving equations with variables on each side <BR>\n" );
document.write( "8-P=-12-3P<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The additive inverse of -3p is +3p.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The additive inverse of 8 is -8.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You want all terms of the variable or unknown on one side of the equality symbol and all constants on the other side. </SPAN>\n" );
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