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1. A city government spends $1,860,000 a month on public services. Of that amount,

46 percent is used for fire and police protection.

a) How much is spent bach month for fire and police protection?

b) How much is spent by the city in a year for fire and police protection?

1. In a city in which there are 90,000 employed workers, 18,000 are public

employees. Of this number, the federal government employs 6,000; the state, 8,000, and

the city, 4,000.

a) What percentage of all workers are public employees?

b) What percentage of the public employees does the federal government employ?

Q1:

a.) If 46% of 1,860,000 is spent per month for fire and police protection, that is equivalent to 0.46*1,860,000 = $855,600

b.) If $855,600 is the amount spent per month, in 1 year that amount would be multiplied by 12 since we have 12 months in a year;

= 855,600 * 12 = $10,267,200

Q2:

a.)

Total employed workers = 90,000

Public employees = 18,000

Percentage of public employees = (18,000 / 90,000) * 100% = 20%

b.)

Public employees = 18,000

Out of the 18,000, number employed by Federal government = 6,000

Therefore, percentage of public employees, employed by Federal government is; (6,000 / 18,000) * 100% = 33.33%