Question

HELP PLS

Answer 1

Reggie Patterson received a tax statement showing that the market value of his home is $209,900. The rate of assessment in his locality is 40%. What is the assessed value of Reggie’s home?

Answer 2

Just find 40% of the value of Reggie's home.

First, convert 40% to the equivalent decimal fraction.

Answer 3

.40?

Answer 4

@mathmale

Answer 5

Yes. I'd rather that you'd just go ahead and try to find the solution; you don't need to wait for me to tell you that your .40 is correct.

1. convert 40% to the decimal equivalent; it's 0.40
2. multiply the actual value of the house by this decimal fraction.
3. Simplify.

Answer 6

How am I supposed to find the solution when that's what I need help with, I was waiting for you to give me those steps, not say that my .40 is correct.

Answer 7

I got $83,960 and it says it's correct, thank you :)

Answer 8

Your expectations of this free tutoring site may be a bit too high to be realistic.

Actually, Naudiapie, I spelled out for you exactly what you needed to do:



1. Convert 40% to the equivalent decimal fraction.

2. find 40% of the value of Reggie's home by multiplying the total value by 0.40.

The latter result is what you wanted: the assessed value

Answer 9

Like just about everyone else here, I'm donating my experience, knowledge and time to helping others. I get not a cent in payment. If you want to dictate how your tutor is to behave, perhaps you should be considering hiring a tutor instead of looking for free help.

Answer 10

You just said that this was a free tutoring site and now you're saying I shouldn't be looking for free help, nice