Paula bought a ski jacket on a sale for $8 less than half its original price. She paid $82 for the jacket. What was the original price?

Paula paid for jacket = $82

since price is $8 less than half of original price, we add $8 to the price that Paula paid,

$82 + $8 = 90$

since we have already added $8 to what Paula paid, now to determine the original cost we will just multiply the whole cost by 2

original price = $90 * $2

= $180