Trevor’s total employment compensation is $33,500. if trevor has no job expenses and his gross pay is $28,600, then his total employee benefits are % of his gross pay. a. 4.9 b. 8.5 c. 14.6 d. 17.1

we know that

in this problem

Step

Find the total employee benefits

Let

EC------> total employment compensation

EB--------> total employee benefits

GP------> gross pay

JE------> job expenses

Step

Find the percentage of the total employee benefits

we know that

total employee benefits is equal to

gross pay is equal to

by proportion

%

therefore

the answer is the option

d. 17.1

arrange the equations with like terms in columns.

analyze the coefficients of x or y.

add the equations and solve for the remaining variable.

substitute the value into either equation and solve.

check the solution.

step-by-step explanation: