Martha earned a gross pay of $1,215.60 last week. using the fact that social security tax is 6.2% of gross pay, determine the amount of social security tax deducted from martha s gross pay.
a. $7.54
b. $65.37
c. $75.37
d. $75.40

Martha earned a gross pay of 1 215.60 dollars last week.
=> Now, it is in the law that the SSS tax is said to charge 6.2% of the gross pay.
Let’s solve for the total tax deduction charged by social security to Martha’s gross pay.
=> 6.2% = 6.2% / 100% = 0.062
Now, let’s multiply this to Martha’s gross pay which is 1 215.60 dollars to get the value of the sales tax
=> 1 215.60 * .062  = 75.37 dollars
the answer is Letter C

If you would like to know the amount of Social security tax deducted from Martha's gross pay, you can calculate this using the following steps:

6.2% of $1215.60 = 6.2% * 1215.60 = 6.2/100 * 1215.60 = $75.37

The correct result would be c. $75.37.