Question

The state of California collected $103.0 billion in personal tax for 2019. The population

in California is about 39.50 million people. Round all scientific answers with two decimals

with no spaces.

Write the personal tax in scientific notation. 1 point Debt:

Write the population in scientific notation. 1 point Population:

Calculate the Personal Tax Per Capita and write your answer in standard notation. Round

to a whole number. 2 points

Use the personal tax per capita in a sentence explaining what this value means. 4 points

Answer 1

Explanation:

a. The personal tax collected for 2019 is $103.0 billion.

The tax in scientific notation = $1.03 x
`10^(11)`

b. The population in California is 39.50 million people.

The population in scientific notation = 3.95 x
`10^(7)`

c. Assuming that the whole population of people in Califonia are working i.e employed, the the Personal Tax Per Capita can be determined by;

Personal Tax Per Capita =
`(income tax revenue)/(taxable population)`

=
`(103000000000)/(39500000)`

= 2607.595

= 2.61 x
`10^(3)`

= 3.00 x
`10^(3)`

d. Therefore provided that the whole population of people in California for 2019 are employed, then each person pays an average of $2607.595 per annum in the year 2019.