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Subject: income percentages I would like to know what percent of a bill each person would pay based on the income differences so if a bill is 120.00 |
Hi Karen.
The percentages you want are the percentages of each income over the total income. So you calculate it as:
a) 100 x 78968 / (78968 + 52000) and
b) 100 x 52000 / (78968 + 52000)
This gives percentages of 61.7% and 38.3%.
So if a bill is $120, then one person pays 61.7% x $120 = $74.05 and the other person pays the rest
$120 - $74.05 = $45.95.
Do you see how this is done now?
Stephen La Rocque.
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