4400 Higher June 2010 Paper 3 Q8
8 Jade has tax deducted from her income at the rate of 24%.
Last month, after tax had been deducted, $1786 of her income remained.
Calculate her income last month before the tax was deducted.
(3)
| Scheme | Marks |
|---|---|
| \(\dfrac{1786}{0.76}\) or \(1786 \times \dfrac{100}{76}\) oe | M2 |
| 2350 | A1 |
| (3) | |
| (3 marks) |
Notes
M2: for \(\dfrac{1786}{0.76}\) or \(1786 \times \dfrac{100}{76}\) oe
M1 for \(\dfrac{1786}{76}\), 76% = 1786, \(\dfrac{1786}{x} = 0.76\), \(1786 = 0.76x\) or 23.5 seen
A1: cao