A store is having its year-end sale. A now costs $7.98, which is half of its original price. Complete and solve the shirt working equation that represents the original price, p , of the shirt.
Let's represent the original price of the shirt as p.
According to the information given, the shirt now costs $7.98, which is half of its original price.
We can represent this mathematically as:
7.98 = p/2
To solve for p, we multiply both sides of the equation by 2:
2 * 7.98 = p
15.96 = p
Therefore, the original price of the shirt is $15.96.