Which operation can be used to represent less than?
Equation: p-12.95=44 Solution: $56.95
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To find the original price of the amusement park ticket, we first need to write an equation.
...=...
On the left-hand side we will write an expression for the price of a discounted ticket. We are told that the discounted price is $12.95 less than the original price p. The phrase less than indicates that we should subtract $12.95 from p.
p - 12.95=...
We have that the discounted ticket price is $44. Let's complete our equation.
p-12.95= 44
Now we will solve the obtained equation for the original price p. To do so, we will add 12.95 to both sides of the equation and simplify.
