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

Question

, of the shirt.(1 point)
p=7.98

p=

dollars

Answer 1

To find the original price \( p \) of the shirt, we are given that the sale price of $7.98 is half of its original price. We can express this relationship with the following equation:

\[ \frac{p}{2} = 7.98 \]

To solve for \( p \), we can multiply both sides of the equation by 2:

\[ p = 2 \times 7.98 \]

Now, let's calculate that:

\[ p = 15.96 \]

Thus, the original price \( p \) of the shirt is:

\[ p = 15.96 \text{ dollars} \]