Question

Anna earns $1500 monthly.

Of that $120.00 is taken out for health insurance.

What percent of Anna's earnings are taken out for health insurance?

Answer 1

8%

Explanation:

Simply do $120/$1500=.08 which is equivalent to 8%.

You could also set up a proportion.

`(1500)/(100) =(120)/(x)\\\\1500x=12000\\`

Cross multiply, then divide both sides by 1500 and you will get 8% as well.

I hope this helps!

Answer 2

8%

Explanation:

What you can do here is set up a proportion,
`(120)/(1500)`=
`(x)/(100)`, and then cross-multiply, making your equation look like this :

(120)(100)=1500x

You would then solve for x by isolating it, so it would look like:

12000÷1500=x

which would give you x=8, so the answer would be 8%