Della lives in a city where she pays federal and local taxes on her income. On her last paycheck, 28% of her income was taken out for federal taxes, and then 12% was taken out of her income after federal taxes for local taxes.

If Della's last paycheck was $2,738.00 before taxes, how much was taken out of her paycheck for local taxes?
A.
$1,095.20
B.
$674.64
C.
$1,971.36
D.
$236.56

Question

Della lives in a city where she pays federal and local taxes on her income. On her last paycheck, 28% of her income was taken out for federal taxes, and then 12% was taken out of her income after federal taxes for local taxes.

If Della's last paycheck was $2,738.00 before taxes, how much was taken out of her paycheck for local taxes?
  A. 
$1,095.20
  B. 
$674.64
  C. 
$1,971.36
  D. 
$236.56

anonymous · Answer

Do you know how to find percents?

anonymous · Answer

you spend 49.99 at a store, and you use a 20% off coupon, to find how much of 49.99 got taken off by your 20% coupon all you do is multiply 49.99 by
the decimal of the percent. so 49.99 (what it costs) X or * 0.20 (20%)

anonymous · Answer

so, if you do that multiplication you get  9.98 dollars off.

So all you have to do to find a percent of something is to multiply the total amount of money or numbers or anything by the percent in decimal format so
90% is 0.90 84% is 0.84 get it?

anonymous · Answer

so in your case

anonymous · Answer

2,738.00 * 0.28 = T

T * 0.12 = M
 
M = your answer

anonymous · Answer

hope i helped

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