Question

Last week, Wendy pell earned $440 for regular-time work by working 40 regular-time hours at $11 an hour. For the week, she was also paid time-and-a-half pay for 7 overtime hour and double-time pay for another 6 1/2 hours. What were her total earnings for the week?

Answer 1

698.5

Explanation:

Time-and-a-half. Time-and-a-half is payment to a worker (or workers) at 1.5 times their usual hourly rate.

11×1.5=16.5 $ per hour

16.5 ×7 =115.5 $ - total for overtime

11×2 = 22$ per hour

22×6.5= 143$ - total for double time payment

440+143+115.5 = 698.5 $ - total earnings