SOLUTION: Atrap and Bracken are two rival insurance companies. Atrap has a yearly premium of $7,000 and a deductible of $6,000. Bracken has a yearly premium of $6,000 and a deductible of $5,

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Question 1178218: Atrap and Bracken are two rival insurance companies. Atrap has a yearly premium of $7,000 and a deductible of $6,000. Bracken has a yearly premium of $6,000 and a deductible of $5,000. The average expense of surgery is $25,000.
For Bracken to break even (suffer no loss and earn no profit) over the passage of 3 years, about how many claims for surgical procedures can the 1,000 insured people file?
A. 1,000
B. 900
C. 90
D. 18
E. 180

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6000%2A3+=+18000-> how much he makes in 3 years for each person insured before any filed claims
18000+%2A1000+=+18000000 ->how much he makes from 1000+people insured before any filed claims
25000+-+5000+=+20000-> his average cost for each claim filed for surgical procedures
18000000%2F20000+=+900-> amount of surgical procedures the 1000 insured people can claim for him to break even

answer: B. 900