Find Maximum of Function $L(p)=\prod_{i=1}^{20}\left[ (1-p)A_{i}+pB_{i}\right]$

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The $A_{i}'s$ and $B_{i}'s$ are known. I seek the $p$ which maximizes $L(p)$. I thought it might be easier to maximize $\log L(p)$ instead $L(p)$, but I think it is a dead end

$\log L(p)=\sum_{i=1}^{20}\log \left( (1-p)A_{i}+p B_{i} \right)$

$\frac{d}{dp}\log L(p)=\sum_{i=1}^{20}\frac{B_{i}-A_{i}}{\left( (1-p)A_{i}+pB_{i}\right)}=0$

$\frac{d}{dp}\log L(p)=\sum_{i=1}^{20}\frac{B_{i}-A_{i}}{ A_{i}+p(B_{i}-A_{i})}=0$

$\sum_{i=1}^{20}\frac{p(B_{i}-A_{i})}{ A_{i}+p(B_{i}-A_{i}) }=0$

$\sum_{i=1}^{20} 1 - \frac{A_{i}}{ A_{i}+p(B_{i}-A_ {i}) }=0$

but I can't seem to isolate the p. Any ideas on how this can be solved?