Question

mit." A tax professional gets paid $175 for each tax return she prepares, and her goal is to earn $6650 preparing tax returns during this tax season. If she has already prepared 5 tax returns this tax season, how many more tax returns must she prepare in order to reach her goal?

Answer 1

33 more tax returns.

Explanation:

Let n be the number of tax return the tax professional needs to prepare.

We have been given that the tax professional get paid $175 for each tax return she prepares, so the total earnings for preparing n tax returns will be 175n.

We are also told that she has already prepared 5 tax returns this tax season, so she will get an amount for preparing 5 tax returns will be:
`175* 5=875`

The total money earned from preparing the tax returns this season will be
`175n+875`

As she wants to earn $6650 preparing tax returns during this tax season, so we can set an equation as:

`175n+875=6650`

Now let us solve for n.

`175n+875-875=6650-875`

`175n=5775`

Upon dividing both sides of our equation by 175 we will get,

`(175n)/(175)=(5775)/(175)`

`n=33`

Therefore, the tax professional must prepare 33 more tax returns to reach her goal.