Amazon is offering a $17.95 discount on a pair of wireless headphones. You pay $71.80 for the headphones after the discount. Write and solve an equation to find the original price of the headphones. Use

Sheldon Neilson asked Aug 4, 2023

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Answer:

x - 17.95 = 71.80

Use the commutative property of addition

71.80 + 17.95 = 89.75

$89.75 was the original price.

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