Question

Your biweekly gross pay is $3,040 and the following deductions are taken from your biweekly gross pay: federal tax: $700; state tax: $91.18; Social Security: $152; health plan: $45; life insurance: $8.50. Calculate your biweekly net pay. Calculate the percentage of deductions that are taken out of your gross pay. Round the percentage to the nearest tenth. Please show all work.

Answer 1

@sdfgsdfgs

Answer 2

Gross pay - deductions = net pay

Answer 3

so just subtract all those numbers from $3,040 @sdfgsdfgs

Answer 4

correct!

Answer 5

ok so the answer is $2,042.69?

Answer 6

err...try again plz?

Answer 7

at the end it says round the percentage to the nearest 10th so what will the answer be?

Answer 8

find the net pay 1st plz

Answer 9

i thought the net pay was $2,042

Answer 10

@sdfgsdfgs

Answer 11

it is slightly off...try again plz

Answer 12

$994.27?

Answer 13

i keep getting 2 different answers so idk

Answer 14

sorry @phagey how did u get THAT? it was way off...

do u have a calculator? try enter the numbers carefully

Answer 15

1,696.68?

Answer 16

go back to when u calculated "ok so the answer is $2,042.69?" it was very close

Answer 17

2,043.32?

Answer 18

YEAH :)
now what is net/gross?

Answer 19

how do i find the net/gross?

Answer 20

nevermind - do this instead: add all deductions together

Answer 21

996.68 @sdfgsdfgs

Answer 22

correct :)
What is deductions divided by gross pay?

Answer 23

$3.050?

Answer 24

3040 is the total pay...divide the total deductions u just calculated by total pay...

Answer 25

i did i got $3.050

Answer 26

total deduction = $994.27

Answer 27

gross pay = $3040

Answer 28

$3.057?

Answer 29

do u know how to divide @phagey ? like $994.27 divided by $3040

Answer 30

$0.327

Answer 31

no $ cuz' it got canceled out

now multiply that by 100%

Answer 32

32.7

Answer 33

very close...after the divide u should get 0.3278
so after multiply by 100%
u get 32.78%
round to 32.8%
which is ur ans

Answer 34

32.8? is my finale answer

Answer 35

dont forget the %!!!

Answer 36

k thank

Answer 37

welcome n good luck! im leaving now