The deductions account for 18.724% of Zachary's paycheck.
Step-by-step explanation:
Step 1; Zachary is supposed to get a paycheck for $20,160.00 but instead, he receives a lesser amount of money due to deductions. The money he receives after deductions is $16,385.31.
Money deducted = Original paycheck amount - deductions = $20,160.00 - $16,385.31 = $3,774.69.
So Zachary gets a deduction of $3,774.69
Step 2; To calculate the percent of deductions in terms of his pay we divide the deduction cost with the original paycheck amount and multiply it by a 100 to convert it into a percentage.
Deduction % = ($3,774.69 / $20,160.00) × 100 = 0.1872366 × 100 = 18.72366%
Rounding this off, we get the deduction % as 18.724%.
