A store is having its year-end sale. A shirt now 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.

Answer 1

Let's represent the original price of the shirt with the variable p.

According to the given information, the current price of the shirt is $7.98, which is half of its original price.

We can write an equation to represent this information:

p/2 = $7.98

To solve for the original price, we can multiply both sides of the equation by 2 to isolate p:

2 * (p/2) = 2 * $7.98
p = $15.96

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