a special municipal payroll tax charges not tax on a payroll less than $ 250,000 and only 0.1 % on a company ’ s payroll above $ 250,000 . if belfried industries paid $ 200 in this special municipal payroll tax , then they must have had a payroll of
"answer : a , ( with different approach ) : the 200 paid is 0.1 % of the additional amount above 250,000 . let it be x now 0.1 % of x = 200 therefore x = 200,000 total = 250,000 + x = 450,000"
multiply(multiply(200, const_100), const_10)