Question

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)

Answer 1

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.