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Della lives in a city where she pays federal and local taxes on her income. On her last paycheck, 30% of her income was taken out for federal taxes, and then 15% was taken out of her income after federal taxes for local taxes.

If Della's last paycheck was $3,048.00 before taxes, how much was taken out of her paycheck for local taxes?


A. $320.04


B. $777.24


C. $1,371.60


D. $2,133.60

Answer 1

@bibby

Answer 2

@undeadknight26

Answer 3

@sleepyjess

Answer 4

First of all, you gotta convert the percentages into the equivalent decimal form. So to find the total number of % that is being taken away, you add 30% and 15% which equals 45%. Now to convert it to a decimal, you move the decimal point over to the left two spaces.

Answer 5

You could also divide 45 by 100.

Answer 6

You would still get .45 So now, in order to get the answer you need, you need to solve .45 times the total amount of money that she had before the taxes were taken out: 3048

Answer 7

3048*.45 = ?

Answer 8

1371.60

Answer 9

Yes =D

Answer 10

Oh wait.

Answer 11

AGH I was confused. Okay, so they're asking how much of a local tax they took out (which I did not see). So first of all, since they took out local taxes after the federal taxes, you gotta find out how much federal taxes they took out

Answer 12

Which is 30% in which you need to change into a decimal

Answer 13

.30

Answer 14

Now multiply that with her total income.

Answer 15

The local is the .15%

Answer 16

Yes but first you have to take out the federal taxes (as it said in the question that they were taken out first)

Answer 17

So after multiplying .30 with 3048, you would get

Answer 18

then its 914.4

Answer 19

Now that you now the answer to that is 914.4, you have to subtract it from the total income. 3048 - 914.4 is

Answer 20

2134. Now that you have taken out the federal taxes, you can now find out how much the local taxes were. You do the same thing you did before, change the percentage into a decimal and then multiply it with your new total income

Answer 21

Er, oops, I rounded. Its 2133.6. So 15% = .15 and then 2133.6*.15 = 320.04

Answer 22

You are a life saver

Answer 23

^^ You're welcome