2007 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 5
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- The following problem is from both the 2007 AMC 12A #5 and 2007 AMC 10A #7, so both problems redirect to this page.
Problem
Last year Mr. Jon Q. Public received an inheritance. He paid 
in federal taxes on the inheritance, and paid 
of what he had left in state taxes. He paid a total of ![](http://alt1.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/latexrender/pictures/0/8/5/08534f33c201a45017b502e90a800f1b708ebcb3.gif "\")
10500 for both taxes. How many dollars was his inheritance?
Solution
After paying his taxes, he has 
of the inheritance left. Since 
is 
of the inheritance, the whole inheritance is 
.
See also
| 2007 AMC 12A (Problems) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 4 | Followed by Problem 6 | |
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| 2007 AMC 10A (Problems) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 6 | Followed by Problem 8 | |
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