2. Robert has three jobs. He worked at Young's Grocery and earned $5,805. He was a waiter at the A & B Restaurant and earned
$12,445. He also earned $56,002 working for CCD Communications. Each employer took out 6.2% for Social Security. How much did Robert pay in Social Security?
We are given with: 3/5 of the bathroom is cleaned by 1/3 of a bottle of cleaning solution. This problem involves the use of ratio and proportion. If we let x as the fraction of the bottle of cleaning solution needed to clean the entire bathroom, then we have the equation: 1 / x = 3/5 / 1/3 Solving for x x = 5/9 The bathroom needs 5/9 of the bottle of cleaning solution.