Answer: -2 = p
Step-by-step explanation: Don't be thrown off if your variable p appears on the right side of the equation. Just solve for p in the usual way by first isolating the p term which in this case is 6p.
Since 5 is being subtracted from 6p, we start by adding 5 to both sides of the equation. On the left, -17 + 5 is -12 and
on the right, -5 + 5 cancels out.
So we have -12 = 6p.
To get p by itself since 6 is being multiplied by p, divide both sides of the equation by 6.
On the left -12 divided by 6 is -2 and on the right the p's cancel.
So -2 = p
