If 7p plus 5q equals -3 find q when p equals 1?

Answer 1

Look at it this way: If p = 1, then 7p = 7. What plus 7 equals -3? Adding 7 to -10 would equal -3, so all we have to figure out is what times 5 would equal -10. 5 times -2 would equal -10 so q equals -2.