Question

Mia is a computer programmer at a software company. Her annual salary is $85,000 . If her income tax rate is $21.5 per year. Which of the following could be used to calculate the amount Mia pays in income taxes?

Answer 1

What is the following choices?

Answer 2

hold on

Answer 3

0.0215, x 85,000, 0.215 x 85,000 , 2.15 x 85,000, 21.5 x 85,000

Answer 4

sorry i took so long

Answer 5

Its okay. Are you sure it said, " If her income tax rate is $21.5 per year."?

Answer 6

no 21.5%

Answer 7

Oh. Now it make sense.

Answer 8

;)

Answer 9

What is 21.5% in decimal form?

Answer 10

so can u help?

Answer 11

Yes I can. :)

Answer 12

i dont know

Answer 13

To convert 21.5% to decimal form, you move the decimal 2 places to the left. So what do you get?

Answer 14

0.215

Answer 15

Good job. Now you would want to multiply it by 85,000 to calculate the income taxes.

Answer 16

18275

Answer 17

can u help me with a nother question

Answer 18

Sure.

Answer 19

thanks hold on a sec

Answer 20

Pamela's annual salary as a real estate agent is $35,522 . In addition, she earns a 3% commission on sales. If she sold a total value of $920,580 homes this year, what would be her total income?

Answer 21

What is 3% of 920,580?

Answer 22

?

Answer 23

Do you know how to do that?

Answer 24

If not then convert 3% into a decimal. What is 3% in decimal form?

Answer 25

00.3

Answer 26

Nope you are close. 3% = .03.
Now multiply .03 by 920,580. What do you get?