Question

jillian bought a sweater for 8$ less than half its original price. she paid 18$ for the sweater what is the original price

Answer 1

Denote the price by \(P \). Then \[ P/2-8 = 18 \]so \[ P/2 = 26 \]and \[ P = 52 \]So we find that the original price was $52.