Question

Willow solves the equation, 12 — p = 16 and gets that p = 4. What did she do wrong?

(1 point)
She added 12 to both sides.
She did not divide both sides by 12.
She did not multiply both sides by 12.
She did not divide both sides by -1.

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

Willow added 12 to both sides when she should have subtracted it to isolate the variable "p". The correct step would have been 12 - 12 - p = 16 - 12, which would simplify to -p = 4, and then p = -4 after dividing by -1.