Exercise 5 Page 441

Use the Addition Property of Equality to eliminate the subtraction.

p=-1

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To solve the equation, we have to isolate p on one side. Using the Addition Property of Equality, we can add 1 to both sides of the equation. This will eliminate subtraction on the right-hand side and isolate p.

-2=p-1

AddEqn

LHS+ 1=RHS+ 1

-2+ 1=p-1+ 1

AddTerms

Add terms

-1=p

RearrangeEqn

Rearrange equation

p=-1

To check that this solution is correct, let's substitute p=-1 into the original equation and simplify.

-2=p-1

Substitute

p= -1

-2? = -1-1

SubTerm

Subtract term

-2=-2 ✓

Because the left-hand side and right-hand side are equal, p=-1 is the correct solution.

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