1/12 * 36 years of Earnings

[Explain this!]

If someone earned $1,149,750 for 36 years, and he wanted to determine 1/12 of this amount, it would be $95,812.50. Would this also be 1/12 of 36 years or 3 years.
So he would have made $95,812.50 for 3 years or for every 3 years of employment. To express it differently, $1,149,750/36 years = $95,812.50/3 years.

 

[HallsofIvy]

He would have made an average of $95,812.50 every three years. It is unlikely that he earned exactly the same amount all those 36 years!