Question

Brea worked 40 hours one week at a rate of $15.60/h. How much money was deducted from her gross pay for Social Security tax? A) $9.05 B) $15.60 C) $26.18 D) $38.69

Answer 1

40*15.60=$624 for that week
Social Security tax is 6.2%
6.2% of $624 is 38.69, so the answer is D.

Answer 2

D) $38.69.

Explanation:

We have been given that Brea worked 40 hours one week at a rate of $15.60/h.

Let us find amount earned by Brea in the week by multiplying number of hours by rate per hour.

`\text{Amount earned by Brea in one week}=40\text{ hours}* \frac{\$15.60}{\text{hour}}`

`\text{Amount earned by Brea in one week}=40* \$15.60`

`\text{Amount earned by Brea in one week}=\$624`

Since the current tax rate for social security is 6.2%, so let us find 6.2% of $624 to find the money deducted from Brea's gross pay.

`\text{The amount of money deducted from Brea's}=(6.2)/(100)* \$624`

`\text{The amount of money deducted from Brea's}=0.062 * \$624`

`\text{The amount of money deducted from Brea's}=\$38.688\approx \$38.69`

Therefore, $38.69 were deducted from Brea's gross pay for Social Security tax and option D is the correct choice.