136k views
5 votes
Denise found a job listed in the classified section that pays a yearly salary of $51K.What is the weekly salary based on this annual salary?

User Heystewart
by
5.7k points

1 Answer

3 votes

The yearly salary is $51k

1 year = 12 months

The slary for 12 months = $51k

Since,

1 year = 52 weeks

That means

Salary of Denise in 52 weeks = $51k

Now to find the salary of denise in one week, we divide the total salary in 52 weeks by the number of weeks


\begin{gathered} \text{ Salary of Denise in One w}eek\text{ =}\frac{Salary\text{ in 52 w}eeks}{Total\text{ number of w}eeks} \\ \text{Salary of Denise in One w}eek\text{ =}(51)/(52) \\ \text{Salary of Denise in One w}eek\text{ =0.980K Dollars} \end{gathered}

So, the salary of Denise on weekly based is $0.980 K

User Yasel
by
5.8k points