•for taxable income from $0 to $45,000, you pay 12% of it in taxes, plus
• for taxable income from $45,001 to $200,000, you pay 25% of it in taxes, plus
• for taxable income from $200,001 to $500,000, you pay 35% of it in taxes, plus
• for taxable income of $500,001 or more, you pay 39.6%.

where the standard deduction was raised to $12,200 and the personal exemption was eliminated. for the remaining exercises, we will only consider this proposed tax plan.

how many slopes would be on this graph?

write a function to model the total tax paid, t(x), with a total income of x dollars.