Solve for p -3|p|=12

$- 3 | p | = 12$

Divide each term in $- 3 | p | = 12$ by $- 3$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $- 3 | p | = 12$ by $- 3$ .

$\frac{- 3 | p |}{- 3} = \frac{12}{- 3}$

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $- 3$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{- 3 | p |}{- 3} = \frac{12}{- 3}$

Divide $| p |$ by $1$ .

$| p | = \frac{12}{- 3}$

Simplify the right side.

Divide $12$ by $- 3$ .

$| p | = - 4$

There is no value of $p$ that makes the equation be true since an absolute value can never be negative.

No solution