After a $85 \%$ reduction, you purchase a new clothes dryer on sale for $\$ 105$. What was the original price of the clothes dryer?
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Final Answer: The original price was $\boxed{700}$.

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Step 1 ：Let the original price be x. After the 85% reduction, the price becomes 15% of x.

Step 2 ：Set up the equation $0.15x = 105$ and solve for x.

Step 3 ：The original price x is $\frac{105}{0.15} = 700$.

Step 4 ：Final Answer: The original price was $\boxed{700}$.