document.write( "Question 898807: Frieda employer offers her family health care. Frieda must contribute 12% of the cost, and her employer will cover the rest. Frieda gets paid on a biweekly basis, and she notices that $88.50 is taken out of each paycheck for her portion of the contribution to the family health care coverage. How much does Frieda's employer contribute for her coverage?\r
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Frieda employer offers her family health care. Frieda must contribute 12% of the cost, and her employer will cover the rest. Frieda gets paid on a biweekly basis, and she notices that $88.50 is taken out of each paycheck for her portion of the contribution to the family health care coverage. How much does Frieda's employer contribute for her coverage?\r
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document.write( "Since she paid $88.50, and this amount represents 12%, then we can say that, if 12% represents $88.50, then the  
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document.write( "employer's contribution, or 88% represents what amount?
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document.write( "With A being the amount contributed by her employer, this can be written as:  (the proportion you seek)
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document.write( ".12A = .88(88.5) ------- Cross-multiplying
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document.write( "A, or amount contributed by employer = , or $
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document.write( "**FYI:   The proportion could've also been written as:  \n" );
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