SOLUTION: HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My boyfriend says that if I solve for P that I will know in the number of weeks when he will propose! p2 + 3P + 2 = 3/2 + 3p -3 ___________

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Question 54815: HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My boyfriend says that if I solve for P that I will know in the number of weeks when he will propose!
p2 + 3P + 2 = 3/2 + 3p -3
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p + 1
ALso, he said the answer is not 1 or 1.75 or 7/4???
Answer by Hook(36) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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:
We've got
%28p%5E2%2B3p%2B2%29%2F%28p%2B1%29+=+3%2F2+%2B3p+-3
if you factor the top left part (I'm assuming you're cool with factoring), you get:
%28%28p%2B1%29%28p%2B2%29%29%2F%28p%2B1%29+=+3%2F2+%2B3p+-3
the p%2B1 terms on the left cancel out, and you've got
p%2B2+=+3%2F2+%2B+3p+-+3
I'll combine the number terms on the right
p%2B2+=+3p+-+3%2F2
Ok, I'll subtract a p from each side
2+=+2p+-+3%2F2
and add 3/2 to each side
7%2F2+=+2p
Divide by two
7%2F4+=+p

I got what you got.
Is there a chance this thing was copied down wrong? I somewhat expected there to be a p%5E2 somewhere on the right instead of two constant terms. What happens if you never solve this? Are you doomed to be single?