Simplify the expression by combining like terms: 4p - 3p + 8p

Per means "divide". So meter per second means meter/second.
Also note that a negative power in the numerator is equivalent to a positive in the denominator.
Example:
1/s = s^-1
1/(s^2) = s^-2

Based on this:
100 meters per seconds can be written as:
100 m/s , or
100 ms^-1