Jane will receive 18% less of her regular pay when she retires. her regular pay is $500 per week. a. how much would she receive per week if she retires today?
Mathematics · High School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Given the statement:
Jane will receive 18% less of her regular pay when she retires. her regular pay is $500 per week
Determine how much will Jane received if she retires today.
Solution:
Simply take 18% of $500 and then subtract it to $500 to determine how much Jane will received. Since we are given a percentage, we need to convert it decimal in order to solve the problem. We can convert a percentage into decimal by dividing the percentage by 100, hence in converting a decimal to percentage we multiply it by 100.
= 18/100
= 0.18
=($500)(0.18)
=$90
Subtract $90 to $500
= $500 - $90
= $410
Jane will received $410 when she retires.