Question

8(p + 5) = 24 solve for p.

Answer 1

P= -2 hope this helps :)

Answer 2

8(p+5)=24

8p+40=24

8p= -16

p= -2

first off you must get rid of the paranthesis ,so what you do is multiply 8 and p which gives you 8p, then multiply 8 and 5 which gives you 40.

Then on to the next step subtract 40 with -40 which leaves you with nothing ,then you subtract 24 and -40 which gives you -16.

after that you move on to the last step you divide 8p with 8p leaving you with just p,then you divide -16 and 8 which gives you -2.

this leaves you with the answer p=-2

once you get the hang of it gets quite easy

hope this helped you out:)