Question

The Connor family earned $87,000 last year and paid 12% in income tax.

How much did they pay in income tax? *

Answer 1

10,440

Explanation:

12/100=x/87,000

you are trying to solve for x because you want to know what is 12% of 87,000 so you need to cross multiply to get

12 times 87,000 = 100x

1,044,000=100x

then divide by 100 to get

=10,440