Question

A cpa get paid $160for each tax return he prepares and his goal is to earn 6240 preparing tax return during this tax season if he has already prepared 4 tax return this tax season how many more tax returns must he prepare in order to reach his goal

Answer 1

n = 35 more returns to prepare

Explanation:

6240 - 640 = amount

still to be earned = 160n

5600=160n

n = 35

Answer 2

35 more tax returns.

Explanation:

Let x represent number of required tax returns.

We have been given that a CA get paid $160 for each tax return he prepares and his goal is to earn 6240 preparing tax return.

Since CA has already prepared 4 tax returns, so amount earned from tax returns would be
`4* \$160=\$640`.

The amount earned from preparing x tax returns would be
`160x`.

We can represent our given information in an equation as:

`160x+640=6240`

`160x+640-640=6240-640`

`160x=5600`

`(160x)/(160)=(5600)/(160)`

`x=35`

Therefore, the CA must prepare 35 more tax returns in order to reach his goal.