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.(1 point)

Answer 1

Let's represent the original price of the shirt as p.

According to the given information, the current price of the shirt is half of its original price, which means the equation becomes:

7.98 = 0.5p

Now, we can solve this equation for the original price p:

p = 7.98 / 0.5
p = 15.96

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