Tim Tradesman had a taxable income of 82,500. He figured his tax from the table 1. Find his earned income level.
2. Enter the base amount=$
3. Find the amount over $ —— =——
4. Multiply line 3 by —-%=$—
5. Add Lines 2 and 4=$

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What mathematical statement is missing ? ? the answer is b

So the first thing we do is to multiply the top equation by 3. the reason i want to do this is i notice there will be a 6y on both equations and can possibly add/subtract them. so we get 6y = -3x + 27. adding that and the second equation we get 6x = 27-15 which is 12. divide by 6 and we get 2. ∴ x = 2. substituting 2 into the first equation we get 2y = -2 + 9 which is 7. divide by 2 and we get 7/2. ∴ y = 7/2, x = 2.