Question

Alex worked 48 hours last week. He earns $12.50 per hour plus overtime, at the usual rate, for hours exceeding 40 hours.

What is his gross pay?
650
600
550
500

Answer 1

$650

Explanation:

48*12.50= 600

8*1250= 100/2 = 50

600+50 =650

Answer 2

Alex's gross pay is $650.

Explanation:

Since Alex worked 48 hours last week, 40 were at his hourly rate of $12.50 and 8 were at his overtime rate of $18.75 (time and a half, or 12.50 + 6.25). We can set up an equation to solve for the total amount that Alex earned for work last week:

40(12.5) + 8(18.75) = gross pay

500 + 150 = $650