2001 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 3
- The following problem is from both the 2001 AMC 12 #3 and 2001 AMC 10 #9, so both problems redirect to this page.
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[hide]Problem
The state income tax where Kristin lives is levied at the rate of of the first of annual income plus of any amount above . Kristin noticed that the state income tax she paid amounted to of her annual income. What was her annual income?
Solution 1
Let the income amount be denoted by .
We know that .
We can now try to solve for :
So the answer is
Solution 2
Let , be Kristin's annual income and the income tax total, respectively. Notice that We are also given that Thus, Solve for to obtain .
~ Nafer
See Also
2001 AMC 12 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
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Followed by Problem 4 |
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Preceded by Problem 8 |
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