A store is having its year-end sale. A shirt now costs $7.98, which is half of its original price. Complete and solve the working equation that represents the original price, p , of the shirt.

Answer 1

Let "p" represent the original price of the shirt.

According to the problem, the current price of the shirt is $7.98, which is half of the original price. This can be expressed as:

p/2 = $7.98

To find the original price, we can multiply both sides of the equation by 2:

2 * (p/2) = 2 * $7.98

p = $15.96

Therefore, the original price of the shirt was $15.96.