Answer:
a.10.49%
Explanation:
To calculate the percentage of the taxes that went to public safety you just have to have the total of your taxes, by addin all of the concepts we can come to the conclusion that your taxes were:
$1478.
Now to calculate how much it is in percetage we just do a rule of three, since 1478 it´s 100% how much is $154?
[tex]\frac{x}{100} =\frac{154}{1478}[/tex]
Now we just have to clear the X from the equation and get our new function and solve it:
[tex]x=\frac{(100)(154)}{1478} \\x=10.49%[/tex]
So now we know that the percentage of your taxes that went to public safety is 10.49%
