You saved $\$ 160$ on your new laptop because you bought it online. If this was a $5 \%$ savings from the original price, find the original cost of the laptop. The original cost of the laptop was $\$$

Step 1 ：The problem is asking for the original price of the laptop. We know that the discount was $160, which is 5% of the original price.

Step 2 ：We can set up the equation \(0.05 \times \text{original price} = 160\) to solve for the original price.

Step 3 ：Solving the equation gives us the original price as $3200.

Step 4 ：Final Answer: The original cost of the laptop was \(\boxed{3200}\) dollars.