A store is having its year and sale. A shirt now called $7.98, which is half of its original price. Complete and solve a working equation that represents the original price, p, of the shirt.
Let's set up the equation:
Half of the original price, p, is $7.98.
This can be written as:
p/2 = 7.98
To solve this equation and find the value of p, we need to isolate p by multiplying both sides of the equation by 2:
2*(p/2) = 2*7.98
This simplifies to:
p = 15.96
Therefore, the original price of the shirt was $15.96.