You purchased a shirt on sale for $17.55. the discount on the shirt was $5.85. what was the original price of the shirt?

To find the original price, add the discount back onto the sales price.
17.55+5.85= 23.4
So your answer would be $23.40. Hope this helps!

To get the orginal price of the shirt you have add the shirt price which is 17.55 and discount price which is5.88 and the result is 23.43.i know u supposed to thinking why addition because according to question it shows u buy a shirt and ton that shirt u get discount which is 5.85 so that why it should be addition 

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