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Question

Kristin lives in Alaska. Ben lives in Rhode Island. They each drive a car with a 12-gallon fuel tank. When Kristin fills her empty gas tank in Alaska, she has to pay a federal gasoline tax of $.18 (or 18 cents) per gallon, plus a state gas tax of 8 cents ($.08) per gallon. Her taxes paid for a gallon of gas equal 26 cents. When Ben fills his empty gas tank in Rhode Island, he has to pay the same federal gas tax of 18 cents per gallon, plus a state gas tax of $.30 per gallon, for a total of 48 cents in tax for a gallon of gas.

Calculate the taxes each pays for a full tank, 12 gallons of gas, and then subtract the smaller figure from the larger. How much more tax does Ben pay for 12 gallons of gas than Kristin?

If Ben earns $50,000 per year, and uses 550 gallons of gas driving to and from work, what percentage of his income does he pay in gas taxes? First, multiply the total number of gallons he uses by the taxes he pays for each gallon (0.48), and then divide that number by his yearly income.

You can calculate the percentage of a purchase that goes to taxes by dividing the tax amount by the total sale price. If Kristin buys gas at $3.69 per gallon, which includes all taxes, what percentage of the price is the state tax? What percentage is the federal tax?

Answer 1

What are you having trouble with?

Answer 2

I'm not very good at analyzing questions:/ Could I get a simpler way of answering it with as least information as possible?

Answer 3

Take it one sentence at a time. It may help you to do it like this.

They each drive a car with a 12-gallon fuel tank.

When Kristin fills her empty gas tank in Alaska, she has to pay a federal gasoline tax of $.18 (or 18 cents) per gallon, plus a state gas tax of 8 cents ($.08) per gallon.

Her taxes paid for a gallon of gas equal 26 cents. When Ben fills his empty gas tank in Rhode Island, he has to pay the same federal gas tax of 18 cents per gallon, plus a state gas tax of $.30 per gallon, for a total of 48 cents in tax for a gallon of gas.

Answer 4

Yes, this is a good way to tackle it. So, if Kristin pays 18 cents plus eight cents, the total tax per gallon is what? Add 18 and 8. So that is the tax paid per single gallon in Alaska. The question already tells you that Ben pays a total of 48 cents per gallon. To find out how much tax each pays for filling the 12 gallon tank, multiply the tax per gallon by 12 gallons.

Do you see how this works?

Answer 5

Yes, thank you all so much. :)