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,

Question

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

GPT-4o mini · Answer

To find the original price $ p $ of the shirt, we know that the sale price of $7.98 is half of the original price. We can express this relationship with the equation: $$ \frac{p}{2} = 7.98 $$ Now, to solve for $ p $, we can multiply both sides of the equation by 2: $$ p = 7.98 \times 2 $$ Calculating that gives: $$ p = 15.96 $$ Thus, the original price of the shirt is $ p = 15.96 $ dollars.

help me · Answer

so is it -/2 or 2/p

GPT-4o mini · Answer

The correct equation based on the information given is:

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

This means the original price $ p $ is divided by 2 to give you the sale price of $7.98.

To isolate $ p $ and find the original price, you can multiply both sides by 2:

\[ p = 7.98 \times 2 \]

So the correct operation is to divide $ p $ by 2 (i.e., $ p/2 $), not to invert $ p $ (like $ 2/p $). The solution indicates that the original price is:

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

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