Question

Gorman is paid $10.50 per hour for a 35-hour workweek. This past week, he worked an extra 10 hours on a job at a pay rate of $13.00 per hour. If he is only paid overtime for hours over 40 and the employer uses the average rate method, his total earnings for the 45 hours of work were $____. Round your final answer to the nearest cent.

Answer 1

The first 40 hours of payment will be payed at $10.5 per which will amount to a total of $420 and his last 5 hours he will be payed at $13 which will amount to a total of $65.

So his total earning for the 45 hours of work are $485

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