Question

Find the state income tax deducted: gross pay of $978, state income tax 5%

Answer 1

978 x .05 = 48.9 should be the tax.

Answer 2

Answer

$48.90

Explanation

To find the amount of tax deducted, we need to find the 5% of $978 from $978. To do it, we are going to convert the percentage to decimal first; we do that by dividing the tax percentage by 100%, so: state income tax = $\frac{5}{100} =0.05$.

Now we can find the amount deducted:

Amount deducted = $(0.05*978)

Amount deducted = $48.90

The state income tax deducted is $48.90