Shawna earns $550 per week. She gets 15% deducted for taxes. How much money does she pay in takes each week?

Question

Shawna earns $550 per week. She gets 15% deducted for taxes. How much money does she pay in takes each week?

Answer 1

Greetings! Lets solve this shall we?

Lets change the tax rate from percent to decimal such that 15% = 0.15!

Then, we multiply the the $550 with the 0.15 to obtain $82.50 deducted in taxes per week!

I hope this helped!