Answer:
26.99
Step-by-step explanation:
Original price = 49.99
Discount rate = 50% = .5
To find the discount we take the original price and multiply by the discount rate.
Discount = original price * discount rate
Discount = 49.99 *.5
Discount = 24.995 (rounding to the nearest cent) =25.00
To find the sale price we subtract the discount from the sale price.
Sale price = original price - discount
= 49.99 -25
=24.99
To find the sales tax, we take the tax rate and multiply by the sales price
tax = sales price * tax rate
tax= 24.99 * .08
= 1.9992
Round to the nearest cent
= 2.00
The total cost is the sales price plus the tax
Total cost = sales price+ tax
= 24.99 +2.00
26.99
