Can anyone please help? I will give IT IS NOT 5.5% x 50,000, thank you :)

Here, The tax rate should be 5% ( Look carefully )

Because He gets less than $ 50,001.

Hence, State income tax should be,

= 250000 / 100

= $ 2,500 { Ans }

Hence, the tax owed on a $ 50,000 salary is $ 2,500.

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Step-by-step explanation:

Given :Lauryn grew p tomato plants. Padma grew 5 fewer than 3 times the number Lauryn grew. Kent grew 6 more than 4 times the number Lauryn grew.

To Find: a simplified expression to represent the total number of tomato plants that Lauryn, Padma, and Kent grew.

Solution :

Let total number of tomatoe plants be T

Since we are given that Lauryn grew tomato plants = p

We are also given that Padma grew 5 fewer than 3 times the number Lauryn grew.

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We are also given that  Kent grew 6 more than 4 times the number Lauryn grew.

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So, total number of tomato plants :

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Hence  a simplified expression to represent the total number of tomato plants that Lauryn, Padma, and Kent grew is