Given:
Annual earnings = $17,500
Asked: What is the gross amount of her semimonthly paycheck?
Solution:
To find the answer, we need to divide first the annual earnings by 12 to get the monthly paycheck. After that, we will divide it by 2 because we are looking for the semimonthly paycheck.
[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{17,500}{12}=1,458.33 \\ \frac{1,458.33}{2}=729..17 \end{gathered}[/tex]ANSWER: C. $729.17
