Question

Jamal works as a computer network technician and last year they paid $4061 in social security tax. what was their annual income last year? Take the tax percentage as 6.2%

Answer 1

We know that Jamal paid 4061 of taxes and

`4061=P\cdot(0.062)`

where P is Jamal's income and 6.2% correspond to 0.062. Now, we must isolate P. It yields,

`\begin{gathered} P=(4061)/(0.062) \\ P=65500 \end{gathered}`

this means that Jamal's income was $65500 last year