Question 1167096
your piecewise function is:


y = .052 * x for x <= 5,000,000


y = 350,000 for 5,000,000 < x <= 10,000,000


if you made 250,000, then the first formula would be used and your tax would .052 * 250,000 = 13,000.


if your income was 5,000,000,then your social security tax would be .052 * 5,000,000 = 260,000


since your social security tax is 200,000, then your income had to be less than 5,000,000.


your income is therefore 200,000 /.052 = 3,846,153.846.


this would be derived from the formula of y = .052 * x
when y = 200,000, the formula becomes 200,000 = .052 * x
solve for x to get x = 200,000 /.052 = 3,846,153.846.