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The sentence is “half of p is the same as p minus three”.

The word “half of p “can be represented as “ $\"\"$ ”.

The word “minus” can be represented as “ $\"\"$ ” symbol.

The word “is” can be represented as “=” symbol.

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Rewrite the sentence into equation, \ \

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The equation is $\"\"$ .