A discounted amusement park ticket costs $12.95 less than the original price p. Write and solve an equation to fi nd the original price.

Question

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Answer 1

p - 12.95 = d

add 12.95 to both sides

p = d + 12.95

 

where p is original price and

d is discounted price.

 

We can't solve this without more information

such as the discounted price.