How do you solve $5/9p=-10$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-04-25T02:39:35

See the solution process below:

Multiply each side of the equation by $color(red)(9)/color(blue)(5)$ to solve for $p$ while keeping the equation balanced:

$color(red)(9)/color(blue)(5) * 5/9p = color(red)(9)/color(blue)(5) * -10$

$cancel(color(red)(9))/cancel(color(blue)(5)) * color(blue)(cancel(color(black)(5)))/color(red)(cancel(color(black)(9)))p = -90/color(blue)(5)$

$p = -18$

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