1. ruth lockwood earns $2,917 a month as a supervisor for acme
steel. her group medical coverage costs $6,240 per year. the
company pays 75% of the cost of group insurance.
a. find the percent paid by ruth.
b. find the total amount paid annually by ruth.
c. how much is deducted each month from her paycheck
for medical insurance?

a. 25%

b. $1560

c. $130

Step-by-step explanation:

a.

If 75% is paid by company, the rest is paid by Ruth.

Out of 100%, 75% is paid by company, so Ruth pays 100 - 75 = 25%

b.

Per year, the total amount paid is 6240, but Ruth pas 25% of this. So,

25% = 0.25

To get the answer, we multiply 0.25 with 6240.

0.25 * 6240 = 1560

So, $1560 is paid by Ruth annually.

c.

Since 1560 is paid annually (in 12 months), each month Ruth has to pay:

1560/12 = $130

Hence, $130 is deducted each month from her paycheck

the largest number of the four options is 1.8 x 10-2

you have it in scientific notation.

1.80 x 10-6   = 0.00000180

1.80 x 10-4   = 0.000180 (bigger, or "less small", than the former one)

so

1.8 x 10-2       = 0.0180. as you see. the "less small", or the biggest one of them all.

as you have negative exponent, it means you are dividing 1.8 by 100 (i.e. moving the dot towards left, two times).

if you had positive exponent for the scientific notation, power of tenths, you would be multiplying times 100 (moving the dot towards right) as below:

1.8 x (10)2 = 180

so. if you have negative exponent in scientific notation, move the dot toward left. if it is positive, toward right as many times the exponent tells you.