SOLUTION: paid $85 for an item after she received a 20% discount. What was the original price of the item?

Question 997950: paid $85 for an item after she received a 20% discount. What was the original price of the item?
Found 2 solutions by addingup, fractalier:
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's call the original price x:
x-0.20x= 85 On the left, x-0.20x is the same as 1-0.20:
0.80x= 85 Divide both sides by 0.80
x= 106.25 is the original price
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If she got a 20% discount, then what she paid was 80% of the original price. Let's call it p. Thus,
80% of p = $85
or
.8p=85
p = 85/.8 = 850/8 = $106.25
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