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