Question

Rebecca earns $4400 per month, of which 25% is taken out of her paycheck for

taxes and other fees.
Calculate Rebecca's take-home pay.

Answer 1

`\begin{array}c \cline{1-1} \textit{\textit{\LARGE a}\% of \textit{\LARGE b}}\\ \cline{1-1} \\ \left( \cfrac{\textit{\LARGE a}}{100} \right)\cdot \textit{\LARGE b} \\\\ \cline{1-1} \end{array}~\hspace{5em}\stackrel{\textit{25\% of 4400}}{\left( \cfrac{25}{100} \right)4400}\implies 1100~\hfill \underset{take-home~pay}{\stackrel{4400~~ - ~~1100}{\text{\LARGE 3300}}}`