Solve for p a=b+cp

$a = b + c p$

Step 1

Rewrite the equation as $b + c p = a$ .

$b + c p = a$

Step 2

Subtract $b$ from both sides of the equation.

$c p = a - b$

Step 3

Divide each term in $c p = a - b$ by $c$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $c p = a - b$ by $c$ .

$\frac{c p}{c} = \frac{a}{c} + \frac{- b}{c}$

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $c$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{c p}{c} = \frac{a}{c} + \frac{- b}{c}$

Divide $p$ by $1$ .

$p = \frac{a}{c} + \frac{- b}{c}$

Simplify the right side.

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$p = \frac{a}{c} - \frac{b}{c}$