Instructions: Before You Begin, Read Your Syllabus Section Homework Expectations

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Math

 134  Summer  2020  


First  Problem  Set    
Due  Wednesday  June  10  
 
Instructions:    Before  you  begin,  read  your  Syllabus  section  Homework  Expectations.      
 
For  each  question,  write  a  clear  explanation  that  shows  all  of  your  steps.    If  a  figure  is  
required,  be  sure  to  draw  it  clearly,  using  graph  paper  and  straight  edge  as  needed.      
 
1.  Some  routine  computations:  
(i) Text  9.1  //  20  Include  a  clear  sketch>  
(ii) Text  9.1//52  
(iii) Text  9.2//  36  Start  with  a  sketch  of  y=1/x.  
(iv) Text  9.2//54  Start  by  drawing  a  clear  sketch  of  the  function.  
 
 
 
 
 
           2.    In  the  United  States,  payroll  taxes  are  levied  to  fund  the  Social  Security  
Insurance  and  Medicare  Insurance  programs.    The  yearly  tax  is  as  follows  (though  
we  will  round  off  to  make  the  calculations  simpler):  
 
(i)  On  all  income,  pay  1.5%  toward  Medicare  Insurance.  
 
(ii)  Pay  6%  on  any  income  up  to  $100,00,  toward  Social  Security  Insurance.  
 
(iii)  Pay  no  additional  tax  toward  Social  Security,  on  any  income  beyond  $100,000.  
 
(I)  To  ensure  that  you  understand  the  system,  fill  in  the  following  table.  
 
 
Yearly  Income   Tax  paid   Tax  Paid   Total  Tax  Paid   Percentage  of  
$$   toward   toward  Social   Income  paid  to  
Medicare   Security   Insurance  
20,000          
75,000          
100,000          
110,000          
500,000          
 
(II)  If  x  is  the  income  earned,  write  the  piecewise  formula  for  the  total  tax  paid  for  
these  social  insurance  programs.  
 
(III)  Make  a  graph  of  (II).  
 
(IV)  Use  (III)  to  find  the  income  one  would  pay  if  his  total  tax  is    
(a)  $6000;  
 
(b)  $10,000;  
 
(V)  Next,  use  your  answer  from  (II)  to  find  a  formula  for  P(x),  the  percentage  tax  a  
worker  pays.  
 
(V)  Show  that  your  formula  in  (V)  matches  the  answers  you  found  in  the  table  
above.  
 
(VI)  Now  find  the  limit  as  x!+
 

for  P(x).  

(VII)  Finally,  explain  why  your  answer  to  (VI)  makes  total  sense.  That  is,  why  could  
you  have  predicted  the  percentage  paid  by  a  billionaire  without  doing  any  
calculations?  
 
 

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