A specific parcel of real estate has a market value of $160,000 and is assessed for tax purposes at 75% of market value. The tax rate for the county in which the property is located is 4%. The tax bill will be

$4,800

Explanation:

property taxes are calculated using the assessed value, in this case the county will use $160,000 x 75% = $120,000

if the tax rate is 4% of assessed value, then the total property tax bill = $120,000 x 4% = $4,800

Generally, property taxes are collected by counties or municipal governments and they are used to fund school districts, libraries, fire departments, parks, etc.

a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.