Question

A discounted amusement park ticket costs $12.95 less than the original price p. write and solve an equation to find the original price. $44 discounted price

Answer 1

The answer: $56.95

Discounted price is the amount of sum that extracted from the original price when buyers receive some sort of leverage from the seller. In this case, discounted price of the ticket is $44 which was $12.95 less than the original price. Then the original price would be:
$44 + $12.95= $56.95

Answer 2

Answer:

Original price of the ticket at the amusement park is $56.95.

Step-by-step explanation:

Original price of the ticket at the amusement park = p

Price of the ticket after discount at the amusement park = D = $44

According to question,discounted amusement park ticket costs $12.95 less than the original price p which can be mathematically can written as:

$p-D=\ 12.95$

On Substituting value of D , we will get the value of p.

$p=\ 12.95+D=\ 12.95+\ 44=\ 56.95$

Original price of the ticket at the amusement park is $56.95.