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Math question so confused need help?

Soo the question says that

The pizzeria pays the employees $2300.50 every month. They also say there is 4 weeks in a month and that they want to know how much does the pizzeria pay their employees each week

So what i do is that i divide $2300.50 by the 4 weeks but i get 575 and i get 12.5 cents i am really confused on what the answer is because i keep getting 575 dollars and 12.5 cents please help me how do you solve this ?

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  • 8 years ago
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    Multiply $2,300.50 * 12 months = $27,606 per year. Now divide $27,606 ÷ 52 weeks = $530.88 per week. This is more accurate than dividing $2,300.50 ÷ 4 weeks = 575.13 per week.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    round up the penny to 13 cents

    .5 and higher goes up. 4.999999 and lower goes to zero

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