Increased price is: $230.00

Percent increase is: 15%

What was the original price?

Having trouble with how to setup equation to solve problem.

2 answers

0.15x=230

Transferring into words:

15% of the original price is equal to 230 dollars.
Say the original price was x
then x + 15% of x is $230
or
1.15 x = 230