well, we know the first $25,000 is taxed at 8%, wait a second!!!!! Chris didn't make 25,000 bucks, he only made $17,000, so he'd be in the range of $0 - $25,000 because $17,000 is in that range, that means he owes 8% of 17,000
[tex]\begin{array}{|c|ll} \cline{1-1} \textit{\textit{\LARGE a}\% of \textit{\LARGE b}}\\ \cline{1-1} \\ \left( \cfrac{\textit{\LARGE a}}{100} \right)\cdot \textit{\LARGE b} \\\\ \cline{1-1} \end{array}~\hspace{5em}\stackrel{\textit{8\% of 17000}}{\left( \cfrac{8}{100} \right)17000}\implies 1360[/tex]
