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Preston, Alex and George recently purchased a house together,
and each person bought their own insurance policy on the house.
Preston bought $200,000 of coverage, Alex bought $200,000 of
coverage, and George bought $100,000 of coverage. The day after
they purchased their insurance policies, George’s electric guitar
stereo shorted out and started a fire. The resulting damage totaled
$40,000. How much of the loss did George's insurance
company pay, assuming that all three policies contained
pro?rata
clauses?
16,000
24,000
40,000
8,000
loss to be paid by George's insurance cmpany = 40000 * 100000/500000
loss to be paid by George's insurance cmpany = 40000 * .20
loss to be paid by George's insurance cmpany = 8000