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

Question

Please help. I am in Algebra 1 and I am new to it. Thank you so much!! I really appreciate it.

Answer 1

If p is original price and d is discounted price, then the equation is d = p - 12.95, or p = d + 12.95 if solving for p. Note that it can't be solved for a distinct solution because there are two unknowns and just the one equation.