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A discounted concert ticket costs $14.50 less than the original price p. You pay $53 for a discounted ticket. Write and solve and equation to find the original price.
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A discounted concert ticket costs $14.50 less than the original price p. You pay $53 for a discounted ticket. Write and solve and equation to find the original price.

User Christopher Roscoe
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x = 67.50 Shorter way lol
User TBI
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x - 14.50 = 53
^ original equation ^
x - 14.50 = 53
+14.50 +14.50
x = 67.50

The original price is 67.50$
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