(a) Determine how much each gallon of gas sold should be taxed to achieve the revenue target (b) Determine what the annual flat tax for each electric vehicle should be to raise the appropriate revenue target; (c) If the state decides to raise the required revenue based on a tax per mile driven, determine what this tax rate would be. Make sure you show all the steps of your analysis.
Contingency Table
A contingency table can be defined as the visual representation of the relationship between two or more categorical variables that can be evaluated and registered. It is a categorical version of the scatterplot, which is used to investigate the linear relationship between two variables. A contingency table is indeed a type of frequency distribution table that displays two variables at the same time.
Binomial Distribution
Binomial is an algebraic expression of the sum or the difference of two terms. Before knowing about binomial distribution, we must know about the binomial theorem.
(ii) A state predicts that it will need $2.15 billion for construction of new roads and maintenance of existing roads in year 2025. It is forecast that 1.5 percent of the vehicle-fleet in that year will be electric vehicles with the remaining being gas powered vehicles. The population of the state is forecast to be 10 million persons in 2025 with the average number of vehicles owned per person being 0.75. It is projected that on average each vehicle will be driven 12,000 miles per year, with gas powered vehicles achieving an average gas consumption of 25 miles per gallon (mpg). If the state plans to raise 99 percent of the required revenue from gas powered vehicles and the remainder from electric vehicles, (a) Determine how much each gallon of gas sold should be taxed to achieve the revenue target
(b) Determine what the annual flat tax for each electric vehicle should be to raise the appropriate revenue target;
(c) If the state decides to raise the required revenue based on a tax per mile driven, determine what this tax rate would be. Make sure you show all the steps of your analysis.
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