country c imposes a two - tiered tax on imported cars: the first tier imposes a tax of 12 % of the car ' s price up to a certain price level. if the car ' s price is higher than the first tier ' s level, the tax on the portion of the price that exceeds this value is 9 %. if ron imported a $ 18,000 imported car and ended up paying $ 1950 in taxes, what is the first tier ' s price level?
Choose the correct choice from the following choices:
A) $ 11500	B) $ 11000	C) $ 12000	D) $ 12100	E) $ 12500
<gadget id="calculator">2 * 3</gadget>
<output>6</output>

<gadget id="calculator">3 * 6</gadget>
<output>18</output>

<gadget id="calculator">18 * 1_000</gadget>
<output>18_000</output>

<gadget id="calculator">9 / 100</gadget>
<output>9/100 = around 0.09</output>

<gadget id="calculator">18_000 * (9/100)</gadget>
<output>1_620</output>

<gadget id="calculator">1_950 - 1_620</gadget>
<output>330</output>

<gadget id="calculator">12 / 100</gadget>
<output>3/25 = around 0.12</output>

<gadget id="calculator">(3/25) - (9/100)</gadget>
<output>3/100 = around 0.03</output>

<gadget id="calculator">330 / (3/100)</gadget>
<output>11_000</output>

<result>B</result>
country c imposes a two - tiered tax on imported cars: the first tier imposes a tax of 12 % of the car ' s price up to a certain price level. if the car ' s price is higher than the first tier ' s level, the tax on the portion of the price that exceeds this value is 9 %. if ron imported a $ 18,000 imported car and ended up paying $ 1950 in taxes, what is the first tier ' s price level?
divide(subtract(1950, multiply(multiply(multiply(const_3, multiply(const_2, const_3)), const_1000), divide(9, const_100))), subtract(divide(12, const_100), divide(9, const_100)))
let t be the tier price , p be total price = 18000 per the given conditions : 0.12 t + 0.09 ( p - t ) = 1950 0.12 t + 0.09 * 18000 - 0.09 t = 1950 0.03 t + 1620 = 1950 0.03 t = 1950 - 1620 = 330 t = 330 / 0.03 = 11000 answer b