Question

The Lynx pay their four running backs $1 million, $850,000, $750,000, and $500,000. If the team salary is $33 million a year, what percentage of the total salary is paid to running backs? (Round to the nearest percent.)

Answer 1

The total of the running backs' salaries need to be added together first. So, $1 000 000 + $850 000 + $750 000 + $500 000 = $3 100 000. Now we divide the total number of salaries by the running back salaries: $3 100 000/$33 000 000 = 0.094 x 100 = 9.4 %.
Round off to nearest percent = 9.00 %.