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