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

_p=7.98
P=_dollars

1 answer

To solve for the original price of the shirt, we can set up the equation:

p = 2 * 7.98

Simplifying,

p = 15.96

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