well, p + (-2), now a sign in front of a grouping symbol usually means it has a 1*, so +(, really means +1*, thus p + (-2) really means p + 1*(-2), which gives us p - 2, and that'd be ordinally, 2 numbers to the left of "p".
likewise, 5 + p, is just the same as p + 5, so that value will be a number 5 numbers to the right of "p".
just as above, p + 1, is just one value to the right of "p".
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It's 5.4- I just used the calculator on my phone but I would've just done long division if I didn't have a calculator
Method A: 7.6666.... = 7 + 0.6666... = 7 + 2/3 = 21/3 + 2/3 = 23/3
Method B: 10(7.666...) - 1(7.666...) = 76.666... - 7.666... = 69.000...
(10 - 1)(7.666...) = 69
7.666... = 69/9 = 23/3