SOLUTION: You want to build a new house valued at $150,000 in a neighborhood. The tax on a house in the same neighborhood with an assessed value of $112,000 is $1680. Find the tax on your h

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Question 373732: You want to build a new house valued at $150,000 in a neighborhood. The tax on a house in the same neighborhood with an assessed value of $112,000 is $1680. Find the tax on your house?
Answer by checkley77(12844)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
112,000/150,000=1,680/X
112/150=1,680/X
112X=1,680*150
112X=252,000
X=252,000/112
X=$2,250 IS THE TAX ON YOUR HOUSE.

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