Taxes - Taxes on a house assessed at $64,000 are $1500 a year. If the assessment is raised to $85,000 and the tax rate did not change, how much would the taxes be?Express your answer rounded correctly

Kamal Paliwal asked Dec 25, 2023

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Kamal Paliwal asked Dec 25, 2023

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The ratio of the taxes to the total price is:

$tax=(85000)/(64000)\cdot1500$

Simplify:

$taxes=(85)/(6)\cdot1500=1992.1875$

Round to the nearest dollar is 1992

Answer: $1992

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