LaTonya works two full-time jobs while attending college. She works 12 hours per week as a work - study student at the college a
nd is paid once a month. After taxes, her net pay is $289. On her second job, LaTonya works 16 hours each week,and is paid $7.25 per hour. Deductions from her weekly paycheck total $22.10. LaTonya's husband works full-time and is paid every two weeks. His take home pay after taxes is $1,108. What is the total household income they use in creating a budget for the next six months?
For LaTonya's first job she makes $289 a month, for the next 6 months that would be a total of $1734. For her second job she makes $93.90 ((16*7.25)-22.10) a week, for the next 26 weeks (6 months) that's a total of $2441.40. Her husband makes $1108 every two weeks, for the next 13 pay cycles (26 weeks or 6 months) that's a total of $14,404. All of these add up to $18,579.40 or $4096.57/month
The x-value increases by a factor of 5 from 1.6 to 8 between the two points. Because the variation is inverse, the y-value must decrease by a factor of 5 between the two points.
6/5 = 1.2
The second point is (8, 1.2), corresponding to the 4th selection.
