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)
____p=7.98
3 answers
2p = 7.98
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Apologies for the incorrect response. Let's try again.
Let's represent the original price of the shirt as "p". Since the shirt is now being sold for half its original price, we can set up the equation:
p/2 = 7.98
To find the original price, we need to isolate "p" on one side of the equation. We can do this by multiplying both sides of the equation by 2:
2 * (p/2) = 2 * 7.98
This simplifies to:
p = 15.96
Therefore, the original price of the shirt was $15.96.
Let's represent the original price of the shirt as "p". Since the shirt is now being sold for half its original price, we can set up the equation:
p/2 = 7.98
To find the original price, we need to isolate "p" on one side of the equation. We can do this by multiplying both sides of the equation by 2:
2 * (p/2) = 2 * 7.98
This simplifies to:
p = 15.96
Therefore, the original price of the shirt was $15.96.