High-income bracket. The expression
90,514.5 _ 0.35(x _ 311,950) represents the amount for the 2003 federal
income tax in dollars for a single taxpayer with x dollars of taxable
income, where x is over $311,950 (www.irs.gov).
a) Simplify the expression.
b) Use the graph in the accompanying figure to estimate the amount of
tax for a single taxpayer with a taxable income of $450,000.
c) Find the amount of tax for MLB player Alex Rodriguez for 2003. At $22
million he was the highest paid baseball player that year ( HYPERLINK
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