SOLUTION: Please help me solve this equation: solve for p: 3p/p-3=2+9/p-3

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Question 357013: Please help me solve this equation: solve for p: 3p/p-3=2+9/p-3
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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solve for p: %283p%29%2F%28%28p-3%29%29= 2+%2B+9%2F%28%28p-3%29%29
Multiply by (p-3), this clears the denominators, and you have:
3p = 2(p-3) + 9
:
3p = 2p - 6 + 9
:
3p - 2p = -6 + 9
:
p = 3; however, this cannot be a solution, it would make the denominators = 0
There is no solution