Question

The property tax t on a home is directly proportional to the assessed value v. of the home.If the property tax of a house is with an assessed value of 140, 000 is 2100. What is the property tax on a home with a assessed value 180,000?

Answer 1

Step 1. We are given the information that for a house with an assessed value of 140,000 the property tax is 2,100.

The first step is to divide the property tax by the assessed value:

`(2100)/(140000)=0.015`

This result means that the property tax is 0.015 for every 1 of the assessed value.

Step 2. Multiply the result from step 1 by the assessed value asked.

We multiply 0.015 (the property tax for every 1 of the assessed value) by the assessed value v=180,000:

`0.015*180,000=2,700`

The property tax "t" is 2,700.

Answer:

t=2,700