Tham khảo tài liệu 'brownstein s., et al. barron's .(barrons)(669s)(1997) episode 2 part 1', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 322 Data Interpretation Questions 4. B. Alaska is almost 600 000 square miles which is about g of 3 660 000 square miles. I is 16 so the correct answer is 15 . Save time by estimating don t perform the calculations exactly. 5. c. 7 500 is in the 6 000-8 000 bracket so the tax will be 80 3 of the income over 6 000. Since 7 500 6 000 1 500 the income over 6 000 is 1 500. 3 of 1500 1500 45 so the tax is 80 45 125. 6. D. The tax on 26 000 is 1 070 7 of 26 000 25 000 . Thus the tax is 1 070 70 1 140. The tax on 29 000 is 1 070 7 of 29 000 25 000 . Thus the tax on 29 000 is 1 070 280 1 350. Therefore you will pay 1 350 1 140 210 more in taxes next year. A faster method is to use the fact that the 3 000 raise is income over 25 000 so it will be taxed at 7 . Therefore the tax on the extra 3 000 will be 3 OOO 210. 7. c. If income is less than 6 000 then the tax is less than 80. If income is greater than 8 000 then the tax is greater than 140. Therefore if the tax is 100 the income must be between 6 000 and 8 000. You do not have to calculate Joan s exact income. 8. E. Each person pays the tax on 3 700 which is 1 of 3 700 or 37. Since there are 50 000 people in Zenith the total taxes are 37 50 000 1 850 000. 9. B. The tax on 10 000 is 220 so taxes are 10 000 of income. is 2 after rounding to the nearest percent. 10. B. In 1960 women made up or about ị of the labor force. Using the line graph there were about 22 million women in the labor force in 1960. So the labor force was about 3 22 or 66 million. The closest answer among the choices is 65 million. 11. D. In 1947 there were about 16 million women in the labor force and about 14 6 or 8 million of them were married. Therefore the percent of women in the labor force who were married is 77 or 50 . 16 12. c. Look at the possible answers first. You can use your pencil and admission card as straight edges. 13. B. In 1947 there were about 16 million women in the labor force. By 1972 there were about .
