Question

mit." A tax professional gets paid $175 for each tax return she prepares, and her goal is to earn $6650 preparing tax returns during this tax season. If she has already prepared 5 tax returns this tax season, how many more tax returns must she prepare in order to reach her goal?

Answer 1

175*5= 875

6650-875= 5775
5775
She needs more $5775 in order to reach her goal.

Answer 2

Answer:

33 more tax returns.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let n be the number of tax return the tax professional needs to prepare.

We have been given that the tax professional get paid $175 for each tax return she prepares, so the total earnings for preparing n tax returns will be 175n.

We are also told that she has already prepared 5 tax returns this tax season, so she will get an amount for preparing 5 tax returns will be: $175\times 5=875$

The total money earned from preparing the tax returns this season will be $175n+875$

As she wants to earn $6650 preparing tax returns during this tax season, so we can set an equation as:

$175n+875=6650$

Now let us solve for n.

$175n+875-875=6650-875$

$175n=5775$

Upon dividing both sides of our equation by 175 we will get,

$\frac{175n}{175}=\frac{5775}{175}$

$n=33$

Therefore, the tax professional must prepare 33 more tax returns to reach her goal.