Faye paid $16.00 for a pair of shorts that were 20% off. What was the original price?

Ok

so paid 16

20% off

original-20%=16

that means the shorts were 100-20=80% of the original cost

percent means parts out of 100

80%=80/100=0.80

16=0.8 of ogirinal cost

'of' means mutpliy

16=0.8 times original

divide both sides by 0.8

16/0.8=ogirinal

20==originall

$20=original price