The price of a pair of headphones is $49.99 before tax. ron bought the headphones for a 50% discount. he then paid sales tax of 8% on the discounted price. part a: how much did ron pay in sales tax? show all work and steps in your solution. (5 points) part b: what is the total amount that ron paid for the headphones? show all work and steps in your solution. (5 points)

Both Parts
First, we need to know what the price is 50% off. To find this, we just need to multiply 49.99 by 50%'s decimal value (0.5).

49.99
x    .5
≈25.00

Part A
To find sales tax, we should multiply the number by the percent's decimal value. In this case, it is an 8% sales tax, which has a decimal value of 0.08.

25.00
x0.08
0002

Using the math above, we can see that the sales tax was $2.00.

Part B
To solve for this, we need to add the sales tax back to the original price.

25.00
+2.00
27.00

Using the math above, we can see that the total price for the headphones is $27.00.