income tax

Question

a person pays $4800 In state and federal income taxes in a year. the federal income tax is five times as great as the state income tax. how much does the person pay on each of these income taxes?

Answer 1

Altogether, the person pays 5x tax to Fed, x tax to state, if Fed inc tax is 5 times state tax, so 6x = $4800.

 

SOLVE FOR x and you'll know your two answers.