Question

Matts biweekly gross pay is $1472

How much is taken out if he's biweekly paycheck for Medicare?

(The Medicare tax is 1.45% of gross pay)

$ 112.60
$ 91.26
$ 21.34

Answer 1

I believe its $21.34 you multiply $1472 * 1.45% and it come out to $21.34 i'm taking consumer math too lol

Answer 2

Amount taken out from biweekly gross pay for Medicure tax is $21.34 .

Explanation:

As given

Matts biweekly gross pay is $1472 .

The Medicare tax is 1.45% of gross pay .

1.45 % is written in the decimal form .

`= (1.45)/(100)`

= 0.0145

Amount taken out from biweekly gross pay for Medicure tax= 0.0145 × Biweekly gross pay

= 0.0145 × 145

= $21.34

Therefore the amount taken out from biweekly gross pay for Medicure tax is $21.34 .