Question

LAS1. A city government spends $1,860,000 a month on public services. Of that amount,46 percent is used for fire and police protection.A) How much is spent bach month for fire and police protection?B) How much is spent by the city in a year for fire and police protection?1. In a city in which there are 90,000 employed workers, 18,000 are publicemployees. Of this number, the federal government employs 6,000; the state, 8,000, andthe city, 4,000.A) What percentage of all workers are public employees?B) What percentage of the public employees does the federal government employ?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The computation is shown below:

(A) For amount spent by the city in a year for fire and police protection is

= $1,860,000 × 0.46%

= $855,600

(B) For amount spent yearly  for fire and police protection is

= $855,600 × 12 months

= $10,267,200

(A) The percentage of public employees is

Percentage of public employees = (Public employees ÷ Total employed workers) × 100

= (18,000 ÷ 90,000) × 100%

= 20%

(B) Now for federal government employ percentage

= (Federal government employees ÷ Public employees) × 100

= (6,000 ÷ 18,000) × 100%

= 33.33%