Question

A discounted ticket for a football game costs $12.50 less than the original price p. You pay $63 for a discounted ticket. Write and solve an equation to find the original price.

Answer 1

The equation for this would be x-12.5=63.

Reasoning: We know the discount and we know the new price but we do not know the original price.

Now time to solve!

x-12.5=63

First add 12.5 to both sides(-12.5+12.5 and 63+12.5)

x=75.5

So the original was $75.50

Answer 2

p -12.50 = 63

add 12.50 to each side

p = 63+12.50

p= 75.50