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The government institutes a federal highway maintenance tax of $0.03 per mile. What are the appropriate units for measuring tax revenue, calculated as the tax multiplied by the number of road miles driven?

A. Dollars of miles

B. Kilometers

C. Dollars per mile

D. Miles

E. Dollars

2006-08-31 18:05:00 · 2 answers · asked by Blue Moon 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help

2 answers

if the tax is dollars per mile, which can be written as dollars/mile, then when multiplied by miles, you're left with just dollars.

2006-08-31 18:07:19 · answer #1 · answered by *starry* eyed 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Agree with previous answer - E. Dollars.

.03 dollars / mile * n number of miles = .03n dollars.

2006-09-01 01:11:09 · answer #2 · answered by Dave 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋