On your property tax bill, you see the following table.
Destination
Share of Your Taxes
Roads
$241
Schools
$896
Public Safety
$154
Township
$177
What percentage of your taxes went to funding public safety?
a.
10.49%
b.
12.06%
c.
11.72%
d.
8.94%
To find the percentage of your taxes allocated to public safety, you need to calculate the share of taxes going to public safety relative to the total taxes.
The total taxes can be found by summing the shares of taxes for each destination:
$241 + $896 + $154 + $177 = $1,468
The share of taxes going to public safety is $154.
To find the percentage, divide the share of public safety taxes by the total taxes and multiply by 100:
($154 / $1,468) * 100 ≈ 10.49%
The answer is therefore a. 10.49%.
To calculate the percentage of taxes that went to funding public safety, you need to divide the amount of taxes allocated to public safety by the total amount of taxes collected, and then multiply by 100.
The amount of taxes allocated to public safety is $154.
To calculate the total amount of taxes collected, you need to sum up the amounts allocated to all categories: $241 + $896 + $154 + $177 = $1,468.
Next, divide the amount of taxes allocated to public safety ($154) by the total amount of taxes collected ($1,468): $154 / $1,468 = 0.1049.
Finally, multiply the result by 100 to get the percentage: 0.1049 * 100 = 10.49%.
Therefore, the answer is a. 10.49%.