How do you solve $\frac {p - 9} { 3} = 2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-03-09T01:37:55

See the entire solution process below:

First, multiply each side of the equation by $color(red)(3)$ to eliminate the fraction while keeping the equation balanced:

$color(red)(3) xx (p - 9)/3 = color(red)(3) xx 2$

$cancel(color(red)(3)) xx (p - 9)/color(red)(cancel(color(black)(3))) = 6$

$p - 9 = 6$

Now, add $color(red)(9)$ to each side of the equation to solve for $p$ while keeping the equation balanced:

$p - 9 + color(red)(9) = 6 + color(red)(9)$

$p - 0 = 15$

$p = 15$

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