Question

What is the solution to p over zero point three – 2 = 6?

Answer 1

\[\frac{ p }{ 0.3 } - 2 = 6\]
Is that the equation?

Answer 2

Yup!

Answer 3

kay, do you understand the rule that whatever you do to one side, you must do the to the other?

Answer 4

I don't understand it at all. If you could explain it that would be great. (:

Answer 5

Kaykay :)
so the rule I told you (what you do to one side of the equality sign, you MUST do to the other) works for every equation when you're goal is to isolate a variable. In this case, we're trying to get every number over to the RIGHT side of the equality (=) sign, to isolate 'p'.
1) \[\frac{ p }{ 0.3 } - 2 + (2) = 6 + (2)\]
See what I did? I added 2 to -2 to eliminate 2 from the left side of the (=) sign, then added it to the right side as well.

Answer 6

That easy? :o Oh my gosh. Lol. Thank you so much! I can't believe I couldn't understand that.

Answer 7

Lol yeah, it's easy once you understand it :)
Steps we've done;
Step 1; Simplify both sides
Step 2; add 2 to both sides.
The next step is to divide both sides by 3.3333335

Answer 8

so then 3.33333333p / 3.3333333335 = 8/3333333333.5
so, if you usa a calculator to get the answer (I'm not the best at doing this part by hand, you'll get p = 2.4
I hope this helps :)

Answer 9

Okay! Thank you so much. People just tell me the answer, but you actually helped. Thanks.

Answer 10

Yep :)