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What is 20p-2p+4p=20p-6p

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You can't do that because if you combine like terms on both sides, you would get 22p=14p, and you can't do anything with that, unless you're trying to factor it, in which case you do 22p-14p=0.
User Lee Gunn
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That's a linear equation. Its solution is [ p = 0 ].
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