SOLUTION: Please may you tell me how to work out 1/3(2p-7)=9

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Question 936958: Please may you tell me how to work out
1/3(2p-7)=9
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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First, multiply both sides by 3.
2p-7=27
Add 7 to both sides,
2p-7%2B7=27%2B7
2p%2B0=34
2p=34
Divide both sides by 2.
p=17