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Ms. Banerjee bought a car for $22,500. The amount she paid for her new car was twice the amount she paid for her previous car, which she bought 8 years ago. Which equation shows p, the price in dollars that she paid for her previous car?

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Answer:


22500=2p

Explanation:

Given :Ms. Banerjee bought a car for $22,500. The amount she paid for her new car was twice the amount she paid for her previous car, which she bought 8 years ago.

To Find: Which equation shows p, the price in dollars that she paid for her previous car?

Solution :

Her new car cost is $225000

let her old car cost be p.

Since we are given that The amount she paid for her new car was twice the amount she paid for her previous car


22500=2p

Hence the required equation is
22500=2p

The cost of old car = 22500/2 = $11250

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