A worker's take-home pay last year was the same each month, and she saved the same fraction of her take-home pay each month. The total amount of money that she had saved at the end of the year was 8 times the amount of that portion of her monthly take-home pay that she did NOT save. If all the money that she saved last year was from her take-home pay, what fraction of her take-home pay did she save each month?  Answers
A) 6 / 25  B) 5 / 16  C) 4 / 9  D) 3 / 7  E) 2 / 5

Rationale: let x be the fraction of her take - home pay that the worker saved . let p be the monthly pay . 12 xp = 8 ( 1 - x ) p 12 xp = 8 p - 8 xp 20 xp = 8 p x = 2 / 5 the answer is e .
Answer: E