Question

Can someone please teach me how to solve this question....

Mr. Tobins taxable income is $8,900. On this, she must pay 2% on the first %3,000, 3% on teh next $3,000, and 4% on the balance for state income tax. During the year her employer had withheld $4.50 per week. To settle her tax bill at the end of the year, Mrs. Tobin had to pay an additional

Answer 1

First find the Tax that has to be paid
2% of 3000
3% of 3000
4% of Remaining

Answer 2

Can u do that?

Answer 3

yes
=60
=90
2900*0.04?=116

Answer 4

@nubeer

Answer 5

yes.. add all these up..
now her jobs take out 4.5$ per week..
so how much it would cost for an year?

Answer 6

266-4.5?

Answer 7

so if 4.50$ is withheld each week how would I subtract it for a year?

Answer 8

@nubeer

Answer 9

no.. 4.5 is with held per week. so how much they would with held in a year..
4.5 x 4 = 18 ( 1 month amount)
18 x 12 = 216 with held in a year..
got it?

Answer 10

yes, so 266-216=50

Answer 11

yeah

Answer 12

so.. mrs. tobin had to pay an additional 50$?

Answer 13

That isn't the result according to my book, did I miss something?

Answer 14

ok what's the answer according to your book..?
i might have miss something

Answer 15

I'm studying for a state math test

Answer 16

its $32

Answer 17

I've been stuck on this problem all day I tried this so many times and I keep getting different answers...

Answer 18

Do you want to try helping me solve a similar problem and just ignore this one?

Answer 19

ok sure..

Answer 20

Thanks...

Answer 21

Mr. Emerson sets aside $80 per month to cover realty and school taxes. His home is assessed at $2400. His realty tax is $3.14per $100, and his school tax is $1.19 per $100. The amount he must add at the end of the year to cover both taxes is..

Answer 22

I multiplied 249*3.14=781.86
and 249*1.19 296.31

Answer 23

I added them but I didn't get the correct result.. do I multiply 80*12 and subtract the results?0

Answer 24

how you got 249?

Answer 25

according the instructions in the book... since theres a hundred per 3.14 and 1.19 I should divide that by 24900

Answer 26

in question you wrote 2400$ .
:3

Answer 27

oh my bad... typing mistake :3

Answer 28

lol .. well yeah.. i think you are doing it right.. thats how it should be done.

Answer 29

Why don't I get the correct result then??!! :(

Answer 30

math hates me...I follow all the instructions and study for hours and I always get an incorrect answer...

Answer 31

what is the correct answer in your book?

Answer 32

yeah i know sometimes maths get pretty tough :3 but its really nice to see that you work really hard to learn. i am sure you will get the hang of it

Answer 33

the correct answer is 313.02 I got 118.17 -_-

Answer 34

Yeah, I hope so... and thanks.. I just hope I don't get a question like this on the test..

Answer 35

well, thanks... for trying to help. Have a good night :)