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5. If you earn $8 per hour after taxes are taken out of your paycheck and your insurance is $200 a month, how many hours will you have to work to pay for insurance?

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200÷8= 25
If you earn $8 per hour after taxes are taken out of your paycheck and your insurance is $200 a month, you would have to work 25 hours would have to be worked to pay for insurance.
User Dragi
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so 8 times x hours=200
8x=200
divide both sides by 8
x=200/8
x=100/4
x=25
you have to work 25 hours
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