SOLUTION: Frieda’s employer offers her family health care as an employee benefit. Frieda must contribute 12% of the cost, and her employer will cover the rest. Frieda gets paid on a biweek
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Question 1180703: Frieda’s employer offers her family health care as an employee benefit. 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? Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source):
Write a proportion
= .
In this proportion, 0.88 = 1 - 0.12 is the part that the employer does contribute.
From the proportion, find the amount "x" that Frieda's employer contributes
x = = 649 dollars. ANSWER
