a special municipal payroll tax charges not tax on a payroll less than $ 200000 and only 0.2 % on a company ’ s payroll above $ 200000 . if belfried industries paid $ 200 in this special municipal payroll tax , then they must have had a payroll of ?
answer : d , ( with different approach ) : the 200 paid is 0.2 % of the additional amount above 200,000 . let it be x now 0.2 % of x = 200 therefore x = 100,000 total = 200,000 + x = 300,000
add(200000, divide(200, divide(0.2, const_100)))