A bottle of hand hand lotion is on sale for $2.25. If this price represents a 50% discount from the original price, what is the original price to the nearest cent?

The original price would be $5.00 because since 2.25 is the 50% discount price, you'd multiply 2.25 by 2, and 4.50 would be the exact price, but since it's to the nearest cent, it would be $5.00.

50% is basically half. So if you double the price ($2.25) x 2 you will have your answer.