Marthas employee benefits include family health care coverage. She contributes 19% of the cost. Martha gets paid biweekly and $131.00 is taken out of each check for family health care. How much does her employer contribute annually for the family coverage?

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Marthas employee benefits include family health care coverage. She contributes 19% of the cost. Martha gets paid biweekly and $131.00 is taken out of each check for family health care.  How much does her employer contribute annually for the family coverage?

anonymous · Answer

Biweekly...
So 2 times the number of weeks in a year times her paycheck is the annual amount she makes.

anonymous · Answer

Multiply this result by (100%-19%)/(19%)

anonymous · Answer

Basically:$$
\frac{x}{1-0.19} = \frac{52\times 2\times $131.00}{0.19}
$$

anonymous · Answer

Where $1-0.19$ is the percentage that the employer pays.

nincompoop · Answer

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