Marlene expects her gross income to be $54,000 this year, and she expects her required deductions to amount to $15,000. Her employer covers 90% of the cost of a $4800-per-year health insurance plan and 80% of the cost of a $900-per-year life insurance plan, with the remainder of the cost coming out of Marlene's pay, and Marlene also expects to contribute 8% of her gross income this year to her 401(k) plan. She wants to calculate how much she will receive for each of her bimonthly paychecks. I. How much will Marlene pay for health insurance this year?

answer:

payment just for service  

→

$

87.12

payment for service including tax

→

$

94.09

explanation:

service only with 20% tip  

→

$

72.6

(

1

+

20

100

)

=

$

87.12

in the opening of the question the word 'service' is associated only with the pretax value.

the closing part of the question asks: how much did she pay for the  

service

−−−−−−  

so technically the answer is  

→

$

72.6

(

1

+

20

100

)

=

$

87.12

however, the intention of the question provider may have been that your answer is to be  

$

87.12

(

1

+

8

100

)

=

$

94.09

to 2 decimal places.

'

payment just for service  

→

$

87.12

payment for service including tax

→

$

94.09

tony b

mar 21, 2017

answer:

trying to explain it another way

explanation:

service charge  

.

→

$

72.60

20% tip  

20

100

×

$

72.60

=

$

14.52

−−−−−−  

←

add

$

87.12

tax  

8

100

×

$

87.12

=

$

6.97

−−−−−  

←

add

$

94.09

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