Niall earns $24.50 per hours and pays taxes at a rate of 30%. If he works 50 hours per week, how much should he expect to take home each 4-week month? Round to the nearest cent.

A. $1, 470
B. $4, 900
C. $3, 430
D. $3, 500

Question

Niall earns $24.50 per hours and pays taxes at a rate of 30%. If he works 50 hours per week, how much should he expect to take home each 4-week month? Round to the nearest cent.

A. $1, 470
B. $4, 900
C. $3, 430
D. $3, 500

Angle · Answer

Niall works 50 hours a week
the question is asking about a 4-week month

so how many hours total did he work in one month?
( 50 x 4 = ? )

Angle · Answer

Another piece of this problem is to take into account the 30% going to taxes.
this means that Niall is only getting 70% of his 24.5 dollars per hour

What is 70% of 24.5 = ?
(aka  24.5 x 0.7 = ? )

Angle · Answer

then you take the answer to my first comment
times
the answer to my second comment

that will be your answer to this problem

Mochi · Answer

Thank you.