Question

Consider the equation 3p – 7 + p = 13. What is the resulting equation after the first step in the solution?

Answer 1

C. 3p – 7 = 13 – p

Explanation:

3p-7+p=13

We simplify the equation to the form, which is simple to understand

3p-7+p=13

We move all terms containing p to the left and all other terms to the right.

+3p+1p=+13+7

We simplify left and right side of the equation.

+4p=+20

We divide both sides of the equation by 4 to get p.

p=5

Answer 2

The first step you would do to solve this equation is to put numbers on one side and variables on the other. Right now, you have 3p - 7 + p = 13, which is close, but -7 is in the side of the variables. So, in order to get -7 to the other side, you simply just move -7 to the other side. (Remember that once you move the number or variable to the other side, you have to change the negative to a positive or a positive to a negative) So your result would be 3p + p = 13 + 7.