Question

Each month your gross payroll is $17,400. If there are 12 employees who receive equal pay, what is each one's pay?

Answer 1

You would divide $17,400 by 12 and each employee would receive $1,450

Answer 2

$1450

Explanation:

The gross payroll of each month = $17,400

Total number of employees = 12

And each employee get the equal pay. Let x be the pay of each employee.

Then, we have the below equation

12x = 17400

Divide both sides by 12

x = $1450

Therefore, the each one's pay is $1450