SOLUTION: Solve 3(-5 + 4p)- (-(-2to2nd power))p= -5p(-3to0power -(-1)3power)-/-9/ {{{3*(-5 + 4p) - (- (-2^2))p = -5p (-3^0)-(-1)^3 - abs(-9)}}}

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Question 152854: Solve
3(-5 + 4p)- (-(-2to2nd power))p= -5p(-3to0power -(-1)3power)-/-9/
3%2A%28-5+%2B+4p%29+-+%28-+%28-2%5E2%29%29p+=+-5p+%28-3%5E0%29-%28-1%29%5E3+-+abs%28-9%29
Answer by mducky2(62) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I hope this is what the problem looks like. If not, reply back to my answer and I'll make the corrections.

We faced with anything with parentheses and absolute value sings, the first thing to do is to try to simplify anything inside them:


3%2A%28-5+%2B+4p%29+-+%28-+%28-4%29%29%2Ap+=+-5p%2A%28-1%29-%28-1%29%5E3+-+9

3%2A%28-5+%2B+4p%29+-+4p+=+-5p%2A%28-1%29-%28-1%29+-+9

Now it should be much easier to multiply out everything else:
3%2A%28-5+%2B+4p%29+-+4p+=+-5p%2A%28-1%29-%28-1%29+-+9

-15+%2B+12p+-+4p+=+5p+%2B+1+-+9
-15+%2B+highlight%2812p+-+4p%29+=+5p+%2B+highlight%281+-+9%29
-15+%2B+8p+=+5p+-+8

In order to solve it, we need to put all the variables on one side and all the numbers on the other:
-15+%2B+8p+=+5p+-+8
-15+%2B+8p+-+5p+=+5p+-+5p+-+8
-15+%2B+3p+=+-8
-15+%2B+15+%2B+3p+=+-8+%2B+15
3p+=+7
p+=+7%2F3
It looks like p = 7/3.