Question

What is her net pay for Angela works 18 hours a week for 12 weeks in the summer at the local swimming pool as a life guard. She earns $13 per hour. Her employer takes 15 percent out of her check for federal income tax withholding and 6.2 percent for Social Security and 1.45 percent for Medicare. She will receive 12 paychecks, one for each week she works.

Answer 1

The whole 12 weeks she will make $2,172.

Her employer takes $421.2 for federal income tax.

Her employer takes $174.1 for Social Security.

Her employer takes $40.7 for Medicare.

She makes $181 a week.

Answer 2

Angela will receive $181.25 in every paycheck.

Explanation:

We are given the following information:

Number of hours Angela work = 18 hours per week

Number of weeks Angela work = 12

Money earned per hour = $13

Total number of hours worked =
`18* 12 = 216\text{ hours}`

Money earned =
`216* 13 = \$ 2808`

Money reduced:

Money taken due to federal income tax =

`15\% = \displaystyle(15)/(100)* 2808 = \$ 421.2`

Money taken due to social security =

`6.2\% = \displaystyle(6.2)/(100)* 2808 = \$ 174.096`

Money taken due to medicare =

`1.45\% = \displaystyle(1.45)/(100)* 2808=\$40.71`

Money left = 2808 - (421.2 + 174.096 + 40.71) = 2174.994

Money received in one paycheck =

`\displaystyle(2174.994)/(12) = 181.2495 \approx \$ 181.25`