Sale is 40% off.
This coat is $160 .
What is the original price ? How do you find this?

Question

Sale is 40%  off. 
This coat is $160 . 
What is the original price ? How do you find this?

hba · Answer

The wording of this questions is very important!
To rephrase the question,
40% of what is $160?

Let me give you a short way or formula.

is/of = %/100

is = 160
0f = x
%= 40

anonymous · Answer

That was SO much easier when you word it like that !

anonymous · Answer

if it is 40% off you paid 60% of the original price
you do not know the original price, but you know that 60% of it is $160
solve$.60\times P=160$ via 
$$P=160\div .6$$

anonymous · Answer

unfortunately as nice as the reply was, it does not answer the question

hba · Answer

if the question were: A coat which is 40% off it's original price, now costs $160. What is the original price?

Then first of all, if it is 40% off alreaddy, then 60% (100% - 40%) of what is $160?

is =160
of = x
% = 60

anonymous · Answer

@hba  that was the question

anonymous · Answer

That WAS the question.

hba · Answer

Yeah Right :)

anonymous · Answer

You still gave me an explanation.

anonymous · Answer

@satellite73 how did you get 60 when I said 40 %