Question

Item 1 A discounted concert ticket costs $14.50 less than the original price p . You pay $53 for a discounted ticket. Write an equation that can be used to find the original price. Equation: =53 Find the solution to your equation. The original price of the ticket was $.

Answer 1

$53 + $14.50 = x

x = $67.50

Explanation:

Let us assume the original price be x

It is given that

The discounted ticket is $53

And, the discounted concert ticket cost is $14.50 lower than the orginial price

So, the equation is

$53 + $14.50 = x

Now the x is

= $53 + $14.50

= $67.50

Hence, x denotes the original price of the ticket

We simply added the above two amounts