# How do you solve \frac { 14p } { 5} - 3= \frac { 3p } { 8} + \frac { 7} { 30}?

Nov 26, 2017

$p = 1 \setminus \frac{1}{3}$

#### Explanation:

$\setminus \frac{14 p}{5} - 3 = \setminus \frac{3 p}{8} + \setminus \frac{7}{30}$

Rearrange the terms so the terms with variables are on one side, and the constants are on the other side:

$\setminus \frac{14 p}{5} - \setminus \frac{3 p}{8} = \setminus \frac{3}{70} + 3$

Find a common denominator on the LHS, which is $40$:

$\setminus \frac{14 p \setminus \cdot \textcolor{red}{8}}{5 \setminus \cdot \textcolor{red}{8}} - \setminus \frac{3 p \setminus \cdot \textcolor{g r e e n}{5}}{8 \setminus \cdot \textcolor{g r e e n}{5}} = \setminus \frac{7}{30} + 3$

$\setminus \rightarrow \setminus \frac{122 p}{40} - \setminus \frac{15 p}{40} = \setminus \frac{7}{30} + 3$

Change the $3$ on the RHS to have a denominator of $30$:

$\setminus \frac{112 p}{40} - \setminus \frac{15 p}{40} = \setminus \frac{7}{30} + \setminus \frac{90}{30}$

Simplify both sides:

$\setminus \frac{\textcolor{m a \ge n t a}{97 p}}{\textcolor{b l u e}{40}} = \setminus \frac{\textcolor{b l u e}{97}}{\textcolor{m a \ge n t a}{30}}$

Cross multiply:

$\textcolor{m a \ge n t a}{97 p} \setminus \cdot \textcolor{m a \ge n t a}{30} = \textcolor{b l u e}{40} \setminus \cdot \textcolor{b l u e}{97}$

Evaluate both sides:

$3880 = 2910 p$

Isolate for $p$:

$p = 1 \setminus \frac{1}{3}$

Nov 26, 2017

$p = \frac{4}{3}$

#### Explanation:

If an equation has fractions, you can get rid of them immediately by multiplying each term by the LCM of the denominators. (The LCD) so that you can cancel the denominators

In this case it is $120$

$\frac{\textcolor{b l u e}{120 \times} 14 p}{5} - \textcolor{b l u e}{120 \times} 3 = \frac{\textcolor{b l u e}{120 \times} 3 p}{8} + \frac{\textcolor{b l u e}{120 \times} 7}{30}$

$\frac{\textcolor{b l u e}{{\cancel{120}}^{24} \times} 14 p}{\cancel{5}} - \textcolor{b l u e}{120} \times 3 = \frac{\textcolor{b l u e}{{\cancel{120}}^{15} \times} 3 p}{\cancel{8}} + \frac{\textcolor{b l u e}{{\cancel{120}}^{4} \times} 7}{\cancel{30}}$

$336 p - 360 = 45 p + 28$

$336 p - 45 p = 28 + 360$

$291 p = 388$

$p = \frac{388}{291}$

$p = \frac{4}{3}$