To determine how much money an employee is paid every two weeks if they have an annual salary of [tex]$50,000, we should follow these steps:
1. Identify the total number of weeks in a year: There are 52 weeks in a year.
2. Calculate the number of bi-weekly periods in a year:
\[
\text{Number of bi-weekly periods} = \frac{52 \text{ weeks}}{2} = 26 \text{ bi-weekly periods}
\]
3. Compute the bi-weekly salary:
\[
\text{Bi-weekly salary} = \frac{\text{Annual salary}}{\text{Number of bi-weekly periods}} = \frac{50000}{26}
\]
This calculation gives us a precise bi-weekly salary of approximately 1923.076923076923 dollars.
4. Round the bi-weekly salary to the nearest whole dollar:
\[
\text{Rounded bi-weekly salary} \approx 1923
\]
Therefore, an employee with an annual salary of $[/tex]50,000 gets paid approximately $1923 every two weeks.
