Bill's bike shop has a sale where the bike shop pays the customer's tax. By law, Bill has to charge a 6% sales tax, so he finds a different way to take the tax off the bill. Bill decides to give each customer a 6% discount. a. The customer pays the discounted price plus tax. Will this amount be the same as the original price? Explain your reasoning.

b. Does it matter which is applied first, the discount or the tax? Explain.