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Trudy's taxable income last year was [tex]\$99,650[/tex]. According to the tax table below, how much tax does she have to pay if she files with the Single status?

\[
\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
\hline
\text{At least} & \text{But less than} & \text{Single} & \text{Married filing jointly} & \text{Married filing separately} & \text{Head of a household} \\
\hline
99,000 & 99,050 & 21,447 & 17,131 & 21,859 & 19,609 \\
\hline
99,050 & 99,100 & 21,461 & 17,144 & 21,873 & 19,621 \\
\hline
99,100 & 99,150 & 21,475 & 17,156 & 21,887 & 19,634 \\
\hline
99,150 & 99,200 & 21,489 & 17,169 & 21,901 & 19,646 \\
\hline
99,200 & 99,250 & 21,503 & 17,181 & 21,915 & 19,659 \\
\hline
99,250 & 99,300 & 21,517 & 17,194 & 21,929 & 19,671 \\
\hline
99,300 & 99,350 & 21,531 & 17,206 & 21,943 & 19,684 \\
\hline
99,350 & 99,400 & 21,545 & 17,219 & 21,957 & 19,696 \\
\hline
99,400 & 99,450 & 21,559 & 17,231 & 21,971 & 19,709 \\
\hline
99,450 & 99,500 & 21,573 & 17,244 & 21,985 & 19,721 \\
\hline
99,500 & 99,550 & 21,587 & 17,256 & 21,999 & 19,734 \\
\hline
99,550 & 99,600 & 21,601 & 17,269 & 22,013 & 19,746 \\
\hline
99,600 & 99,650 & 21,615 & 17,281 & 22,027 & 19,759 \\
\hline
99,650 & 99,700 & 21,629 & 17,294 & 22,041 & 19,771 \\
\hline
99,700 & 99,750 & 21,643 & 17,306 & 22,055 & 19,784 \\
\hline
99,750 & 99,800 & 21,657 & 17,319 & 22,069 & 19,796 \\
\hline
\end{array}
\]

According to the table, for an income of [tex]\$99,650[/tex], Trudy has to pay [tex]\$21,629[/tex] in taxes if she files with the Single status.

Answer :

We are given that Trudy’s taxable income is
[tex]$$
\$99\,650.
$$[/tex]

The tax table shows the tax amounts for various income ranges for Single filers. To find the correct tax, we follow these steps:

1. Identify the tax bracket that contains Trudy’s income. The table lists income ranges; one row covers the income from
[tex]$$
\$99\,650 \text{ to } \$99\,700.
$$[/tex]

2. Since Trudy's income is exactly \[tex]$99,650, it falls at the lower boundary of this bracket.

3. For the Single status, the tax amount corresponding to the income range from \$[/tex]99,650 to \[tex]$99,700 is given as
$[/tex][tex]$
\$[/tex]21\,629.
[tex]$$

Therefore, Trudy must pay
$$[/tex]
\[tex]$21\,629
$[/tex]$
in taxes.