a.
Annual pay = $42.100
Semi monthly pay = 42.1/24 = $1.754
b.
Total Tax percentage = 17 + 4.5 + 7.65
= 29.15%
Taxes for each paycheck
[tex]\begin{gathered} =\text{ 29.15\% of \$1.754} \\ =\text{ }\frac{29.15}{100}\text{ }\times\text{ 1.754} \\ =\text{ }\frac{29.15\text{ x 1.754}}{100} \\ =\text{ }\frac{51.1291}{100} \\ =\text{ \$0.511291} \end{gathered}[/tex]c.
Total Annual tax payment = 24 x $0.511291
= $12.27
Net pay = annual payment - total annual tax
= $42.1 - $12.27
= $29.83