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-2 = p - 1
What does p equal?

User NewBike
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-2 = p - 1
flip the equation
p - 1 = -2
add 1 to both sides
p - 1 + 1 = -2 + 1
p = -1

answer is p = -1
User Oscar Benjamin
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-2=p-1
+1 +1
_________
-1=p

So the answer is -1
User Tajah
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