To determine how much money an employee working for a salary of [tex]$64,000 per year gets paid each week, we need to break down the annual salary into smaller, weekly segments. Let's go through the process step-by-step:
1. Understand the total salary and the number of weeks in a year:
- Total annual salary: $[/tex]64,000
- Total number of weeks in a year: 52
2. Calculate the weekly salary:
- We divide the total annual salary by the number of weeks in a year.
- [tex]\[ \text{Weekly Salary} = \frac{\$64,000}{52} \][/tex]
3. Calculate the exact weekly salary:
- When we divide [tex]$64,000 by 52, we get approximately $[/tex]1230.7692307692307.
4. Round the weekly salary to the nearest whole dollar:
- The exact weekly salary value [tex]$1230.7692307692307 rounds to $[/tex]1231 (since .769 is closer to 1).
Therefore, an employee with an annual salary of [tex]$64,000 gets paid approximately $[/tex]1231 per week when rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
So, the weekly salary, rounded to the nearest whole dollar, is:
[tex]\[
\$1231
\][/tex]
