After a $85 \%$ reduction, you purchase a new clothes dryer on sale for $\$ 105$. What was the original price of the clothes dryer? The original price was $\$ \square$.

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 \(\boxed{700}\).