SOLUTION: Help please. The problem reads: 4/7p-6=2/7p+12. The chapter is titled solving multi-step equations. The answer the book gives is 63. Is that accurate? If so, can you show me the st

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: Help please. The problem reads: 4/7p-6=2/7p+12. The chapter is titled solving multi-step equations. The answer the book gives is 63. Is that accurate? If so, can you show me the steps for getting this answer. If someone can help, thanks a lot! This question is from textbook Skill Builders Pre-Algebra

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%284%2F7%29p-6=%282%2F7%29p%2B12...........move %282%2F7%29p to the left and -6 to the right
%284%2F7%29p-%282%2F7%29p=12%2B6...........on the left side, least common denominator is 7
%284p%2F7%29-%282%2F7%29p=18...........

2p%2F7+=+18…………. divide both sides by 2,
2p%2F%282%2A7%29+=++18%2F2………….
+p%2F7+=++9………….multiply both sides by 7
+%28p%2F7%297+=++9%2A7………….
+p+=+63………….