I've got it....

Give $500 to the other 79 employees and $35,500 to yourself!!!  And be sure
to put a loop in the program for every year.

John Lee
Vaske Computer Solutions

At 08:14 AM 5/11/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>I am currently working on a BONUS program in COBOL.  I need some kind of
>formula to figure out my problem, but I just cant figure it out. Maybe
>some of you can come up with something.  Heres the problem.
>
>Minimum to be given = $500.00
>Maximum to be given = $1500.00
>Total Budget = $75,000.00
>Total Employees = about 80
>
>Any employee who misses over 160 will not qualify for bonus.
>
>any help will be appreciated.
>
>Efren
>
>