Answer this question:Jenny's property tax rate is 2%. Her house is currently worth $400,000. The city is about to build a new high-speed rail project nearby, which will increase her house's value by 25%. Jenny can only afford to spend $15,000/year on property tax. How many dollars worth of improvements can she make to her house before her property tax bill gets too high?
First find how much the rail project will increase the house value by multiplying the initial value by 25%: $400,000 * .25 = $100,000. Then add that amount to the initial value to find the new value: $100,000 + $400,000 = $500,000. Then divide the maximum amount of property tax Jenny can afford to pay by the property tax rate to find the maximum value her house can have: $15,000 / .02 = $750,000. Now subtract the house's value after the rail project from the maximum value to find how much value the improvements can have: $750,000 - $500,000 = $250,000.
The answer is 250000.

Answer this question:Marcus is having a water balloon party. He has 100 balloons. Each balloon holds 3 ounces of water. He can buy 50 ounces of water for $2.5 a bottle. If he walks into the store with 2 $10 bills, how much change will he have after he buys all the water he needs?
He will need 300 ounces of water because 100 x 3 = 300. He will need 6 bottles because 300 / 50 = 6. This will cost $15 because 6 x 2.5 = 15. He has $20 because 2 x 10 = 20. He will get $5 in change because 20 - 15 = 5.
The answer is 5.

Answer this question:Kenneth has $50 to go to the store. Kenneth bought 2 baguettes and 2 bottles of water. Each baguette cost $2 and each bottle of water cost $1. How much money does Kenneth have left?
The cost of the baguettes is 2 × $2 = $4. The cost of the water is 2 × $1 = $2. The total cost of the shopping is $4 + $2 = $6. Kenneth has $50 − $6 = $44 left.
The answer is 44.

Answer this question:Officer Hopps has to give out 200 tickets in May. The first 15 days he averages 8 tickets a day. How many does he have to average each day for the rest of the month to reach his required goal?
He has given out 120 tickets because 15 x 8 = 120. He has 16 days left to had out tickets because 31 - 15 = 16. He has to give out 80 more because 200 - 120 = 80. He has to give out 5 a day because 80 / 16 = 5.
The answer is 5.