Ralph earns $72,000 annually as an architect and is paid semimonthly. alice also ers $72,000 but she is paid biweekly. how many more checks does alice recieve in a year when compared to ralph?

We have been given that Ralph earns $72,000 annually as an architect and is paid semimonthly.

Semimonthly means twice in a month. There are 12 months in a year.

Therefore, in a year Ralph gets

Now, Alice also earns $72,000 but she is paid biweekly.

Biweekly means twice a week. There are 52 weeks in a year.

Therefore, in a year Alice gets

The difference in the number of checks is 104 - 24 = 80

Thus, Alice receives 80 more checks in a year when compared to Ralph.

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