Question

The sales tax on a car that sold for $14,000 is $882. At the same rate, how much higher is the sales tax on a car that sells for $21,500?

Answer 1

Can you find the tax rate?

Answer 2

14000(taxrate)=882

Answer 3

no thats all the information given

Answer 4

Did you see the equation I just posted?

Answer 5

yes what am i supose to do with it?

Answer 6

Solve it for the tax rate by dividing both sides of the equation by 14000

Answer 7

so it would be... 0.063?

Answer 8

Yes.

Answer 9

The answer is a dollar $_______

Answer 10

Now what would the taxes be on a $21,500 car?

Answer 11

so I take that multiple by 0.063

Answer 12

yes

Answer 13

well then I come up with $1354.50

Answer 14

And how much higher is that then the tax on the $14000 car?

Answer 15

472.50 and thats the right answer. thanks for all your help

Answer 16

That's what I got as well.

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Answer 17

Alrighty. do you know how to do this problem: In a city of 39,000 homes, a survey was taken to determine the number with cable television. Of the 1000 homes surveyed, 350 had cable television. Estimate the number of homes in the city that have cable television.

Answer 18

This is a simple ratio problem:
\[\frac{350}{1000}=\frac{x}{39000}\]

Answer 19

Can you solve that?

Answer 20

that would be 1000x=350 X 39000 right?

Answer 21

Yes

Answer 22

the answer be: 13650

Answer 23

That's what I got.

Answer 24

thats the right answer thank you. are you willing to help me with another one? I suck at word problems

Answer 25

I can try.

Answer 26

Leonardo da Vinci measured various distances on the human body in order to make accurate drawings. He determined that in general, the ratio of the kneeling height of a person to his or her standing height is 3/4. Using this ratio, determine the standing height of a person who has a kneeling height of 60 in.