Oscar has elected to have 23% of his federal income tax withheld as state income tax. if $154.00 was withheld as federal income tax on his last paycheck, how much will be withheld from his paycheck for income tax in all? a. $35.42 b. $118.58 c. $177.00 d. $189.42

The amount will be withheld from his paycheck for income tax is . hence, option d is correct.

Further explanation:

Given:

Oscar has elected to have 23\% of his federal income tax withheld as state income tax.

The federal income tax on his last paycheck is .

Explanation:

The new federal income tax can be obtained as follows.

The amount will be withheld from his paycheck for income tax can be obtained as the sum of new federal income tax and the income tax last paycheck.

The total income tax is .

Option (a) is not correct.

Option (b) is not correct.

Option (c) is not correct.

The amount will be withheld from his paycheck for income tax is . Hence, option d is correct.

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Answer details:

Grade: High School

Subject: Mathematics

Chapter: Income Tax

Keywords: Oscar, 23%, federal income tax, state income tax, withheld, paycheck, income, elected, percentage.

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step-by-step explanation:

we want to simplify the expression,

let us change the middle bar to a normal division sign to obtain,

we multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction to obtain,

we factor to obtain,

we cancel the common factors to get,

we simplify to get,

the correct answer is b