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.
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p= dollars

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To find the original price \( p \) of the shirt, we can set up the equation based on the information given:

The shirt now costs $7.98, which is half of its original price. Therefore, we can express this relationship as:

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

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

\[ p = 7.98 \times 2 \]

Now, calculate the right side:

\[ p = 15.96 \]

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

\[ \boxed{15.96} \text{ dollars} \]