Question

Davis is an architect earning $148,800 a year. He ismarried and is paid on a biweekly basis. How much is withheldfrom each paycheck for state taxes

Answer 1

for this we must divide by the number of fortnights that the year has

one month has 2 fortnights so 12 months have 24 fortnights

$\frac{148800}{24}$$=6200$

so he earns $6,200 biweekly basis