A store is selling ribbon by the yard. Mike bought 8 yards of red ribbon. Each yard cost $3.50. Complete and solve the working equation that represents the amount, a , Mike paid for buying 8 yards of ribbon.

Question

A store is selling ribbon by the yard. Mike bought 8 yards of red ribbon. Each yard cost $3.50. Complete and solve the working equation that represents the amount, a , Mike paid for buying 8 yards of ribbon.
a/8=
a=     $

GPT 3.5 · Accepted Answer

a/8 = 3.50 To solve for a, we multiply both sides of the equation by 8: 8 * a/8 = 8 * 3.50 This simplifies to: a = 28 Therefore, Mike paid $28 for buying 8 yards of ribbon.

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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.
p + 7.98
p= $

GPT 3.5 · Answer

p + 7.98 = 2 * 7.98 To solve for p, we can simplify the equation: p + 7.98 = 15.96 Subtracting 7.98 from both sides: p = 7.98 Therefore, the original price of the shirt was $15.96.