Question 139866: Gertrude lived in a $ 150.000 home and pays $ 1800 in taxes for the year. Gertrude's friend Helen has a $ 92.000 home. Approxiamately how much does Helen pay in taxes?
2. Marty earns $ 800 a month. His utility bills account for 16% of his income. If Marty is able to reduce his utility bills by 25% how much money will he save over a year's time?
3. A rectangular box is 24 inches long, 36 inches wide, and 12 inches high. How many cubic feet of space does it contain?
4. A jar contains 4 red pencils, 3 blue pencils, 2 green pencils, and 1 orange pencil. Mark takes 1 pencil out of jar, what is the probability that it is green?
Answer by checkley77(12844)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 1800/150,000=X/92,000
150,000X=1800*92,000
150,000X=165,600,000
X=165,000,000/150,000
X=1,104 TAXES OWED ON THE $92,000 HOME.
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.16*800=128 IS THE UTILITY BILL PER MONTH.
.25*128=32*12=$384 IS THE SAVINGS FROM A 25% REDUCTION OVER ONE YEAR.
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CONVERTING THESE INCH MEASUREMENTS TO FEET WE GET:
24IN=2FT.
36IN=3FT.
12IN=1FT.
2*3*1=6 FT^3 IS THE SPACE IN THIS BOX.
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