Question

amara earns $8 an hour at her job working 25 hours per week. If 22% of her paycheck goes to taxes, what is Tamara’s monthly cash inflow? (Assume this is her only source of income and that there are 4 pays per month.) a. $176 b. $624 c. $778 d. $800

Answer 1

b

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer is B. $624

Explanation:

So first off, you multiply. Amara earns $8 every hour and she works 25 hours every week. There are 4 weeks in a month so we first multiply 25 × 4 and we get 100

Now we multiply 100 × $8 and you get $800

But then it says that 22% of her money goes to taxes. So what we have to do is reduce from that total gross pay ($800). So the first thing we do is change the 22% to a decimal by moving the invisible decimal point twice to the left and it leaves us with .22

Now, we multiply $800 × .22 and we get $176. Now, do not get confused! This $176 is not the final answer! That is just the amount of money we have to take away not the money it leaves us with.

So we take away now from our total: $800 - $176 = $624

And there's your answer! I hope this helps :)