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

price of the original ticket is p

discounted ticekt means that the ticket is sold at a lower price than the original price

the price of the discounted ticket is $53

the price you pay for the discounted ticket is $14.5 less than the original price

therefore we can bulid the following formula

p - 14.5 = 53

p = 53 + 14.5 = 67.5

therefore original price is $67.5

The equation would be (with x equaling original price) : $53 + $14.50 = x. The answer of this would be $67.50.