Question 638079
equation is:
-6p-3=9
add 3 to both sides of this equation to get:
-6p=12
divide both sides of the equation by -6 to get:
p=-2


when you add 3 to both sides of the equation, the equation becomes:
-6p-3+3=9+3
when you combine like terms, the -3 and the +3 on the left cancel out and you are left with:
-6p=12


when you divide both sides of the equation by -6, the equation becomes:
-6p/-6=12/-6
since -6/-6 = 1, and since 12/-6 = -2, you are left with:
p=-2


to confirm the answer is good, replace p in the original equation with -2 and see if the equation holds true.


-6p-3=9 becomes:
-6(-2)-3=9
since -6 * -2 = +12, the equation becomes:
+12-3=9
since +12 and -3 = +9, the equation becomes:
9=9
the equation holds true so the answer is good.
p=-2