Question

Rosa's employer pays 60% of her health insurance premium and deducts theremainder from her paycheck. Rosa is paid weekly and the annual premium is$26,360. How much is deducted from her paycheck for health insurance? Roundanswer to the hundredths place. If the answer doesn't have a hundredths place then use a zero so that it does

Answer 1

Given that:

- Rosa's employer pays 60% of her health insurance premium.

- Rosa's employer deducts the remainder from her paycheck.

- She is paid weekly.

- The annual premium is $26,360.

You need to find the amount (in dollars) that represents 60% of her health insurance premium.

By definition, a percent can be rewritten as a Decimal Number by dividing it by 100:

`(60)/(100)=0.60`

Therefore, the amount (in dollars) that represents 60% of her annual health insurance premium is:

`(26,360)(0.60)=15,816`

And the 40% (the remainder) of her annual health insurance premium is:

`26,360-15,816=10,544`

This is the amount deducted from her payment annually. Knowing that 1 year has approximately 52 weeks, you can calculate how much is deducted from her paycheck weekly as follows:

`(10,544)/(52)\approx202.77`

Hence, the answer is: $202.77