The employer pays .
Find the take-home earnings from of work, if
of pay is withheld for taxes :
of work earns
(or)
.
Withholding is the same as finding
.
Use the percent equation to find of
.
The base is and percent is
.
Let be represent the part.
(Percentage propotion)
(Substitute
and
)
(Cross product)
(Divide each side by
)
(Simplify )
Therefore, the take-home earnings from of work, if
of pay is withheld for taxes is
.
The take-home earnings from of work, if
of pay is withheld for taxes is
.