SOLUTION: Please help me to figure out how -2p+8=3 is y=5/2

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Question 629797: Please help me to figure out how -2p+8=3 is y=5/2
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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It isn't.
p=5/2
not y=5/2
-2p+8=3
subtract 8 from both sides
-2p=-5
divide by -2
p=-5/-2
p=5/2