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The number of pages in the U.S. tax code exceeds the number of pages in the King James Bible by 18,528. The combined number of p

ages in the tax code and the Bible is 21,472. How many pages are in the U.S. tax code?

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Inessa [12.5K]1 month ago

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Answer:

The number of pages in the U.S. Tax Code is 20,000.

Step-by-step explanation:

Designate T as the number of pages in the U.S. tax code.

Let B represent the number of pages in the King James Bible.

The U.S. tax code's pages exceed the Bible's by 18,528.

This can be translated to mean that the U.S. tax code has 18,528 pages more than the Bible.

This is expressed mathematically as:

$T=B+18528$ ..........(1)

The total number of pages between the tax code and the Bible is 21,472.

$T+B=21472$ ......... (2)

Next, replace T in equation (1) into equation (2)

$B+18528+B=21472$

=> $2B+18528=21472$

=> $2B=2944$

Giving us B=1,472 (Bible pages)

And T = $1472+18528$ = 20,000

Conclusively, the U.S. tax code contains 20,000 pages.

Leona [12.6K]1 month ago

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Let x represent the number of pages in the U.S. Tax Code and y denote the pages in the King James Bible.

According to the provided information,
x= y+18,528 ⇒ y=x-18,528
x+y = 21,472 ⇒ x+(x-18,528) = 21,472 ⇒ x+x-18,528 = 21,472 ⇒ 2x= 18,528+21,472 ⇒ 2x = 40,000 ⇒ x=40,000/2 = 20,000 pages

Therefore, the U.S. tax code consists of 20,000 pages.

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