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p+1=\frac{-3}{15}
Divide both sides by 15.
p+1=-\frac{1}{5}
Reduce the fraction \frac{-3}{15} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.
p=-\frac{1}{5}-1
Subtract 1 from both sides.
p=-\frac{1}{5}-\frac{5}{5}
Convert 1 to fraction \frac{5}{5}.
p=\frac{-1-5}{5}
Since -\frac{1}{5} and \frac{5}{5} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.
p=-\frac{6}{5}
Subtract 5 from -1 to get -6.