document.write( "Question 660761: PLEASE HELP!!! ASAP!!!Jen must pay $500 of medical expenses before her insurance company will begin to pay (this is called the deductible). After she pays her $500 deductible, the insurance company will pay 80% of her remaining medical expenses. If Jen paid a total of $750 in medical expenses last year, how much did her insurance company pay? (show work/explanation) \n" ); document.write( "

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Let $\"+b+\"$ = the bill for the year minus the deductible
\n" ); document.write( "$750 is more than $500, so Jen must have paid the
\n" ); document.write( "$500 deductible. Her share of the rest of the bill is
\n" ); document.write( "20%, so $\"+750+-+500+=+.2b+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+250+=+.2b+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+b+=+1250+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+.8%2A1250+=+1000+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "The insurance company's share is $1,000
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