Answer
$p = -10$
Work Step by Step
$17 = p - 3 - 3p$
We begin by combining like terms together as shown below:
$17 = p - 3p - 3$
Simplify to get:
$17 = -2p - 3$
Next, we need to isolate the variable $p$ by adding $3$ to both sides of the equation as shown below:
$17 + 3 = -2p - 3 + 3$
Simplifying, we have:
$20 = -2p$
Next, we divide through by the coefficient of the variable as shown below:
$\frac{20}{-2} = \frac{-2}{-2}p$
Simplify to get:
$-10 = p$
Rearranging, we have:
$p = -10$
Therefore the equation has a possible solution at the point $p = -10$
