Paula bought a ski jacket on sale for $6 less than half its original
price. She paid $88 for the jacket. What was the original price?
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188
first take 88 and add the 6 that was taken off, once you have 94, you can double that so you get 188. that is the full price of the jacket
To find the original price of the jacket, we can set up an equation using the information given. Let's say the original price is represented by "x."
According to the problem, Paula bought the jacket for $6 less than half its original price. So, the equation can be written as:
x/2 - 6 = 88
To solve for x, we can isolate it by adding 6 to both sides of the equation:
x/2 = 88 + 6
x/2 = 94
To get rid of the fraction, we can multiply both sides of the equation by 2:
2 * (x/2) = 2 * 94
x = 188
Therefore, the original price of the jacket was $188.