Question

Kelsey newberg is a robotics technician she earns $21.50 per hour for 40 hours and time and a half for overtime over 40 hours if she worked 6 hours overtime what is her total pay

Answer 1

Her total pay is: $ 1053.5

Explanation:

It is given that:

Kelsey earns $21.50 per hour for 40 hours and time and a half for overtime over 40 hours.

This means that:

The amount she earns when she work for 40 hours is: $ (21.50×40)

i.e. Amount she earns when she work for 40 hours=$ 860

Also,

she worked 6 hours overtime.

This means that she will get 1.5 times of the original hourly rate.

i.e. for 6 hours working overtime the amount she gets is:

6×1.5×21.50

= $ 193.5

Hence, her total pay is: $ 860+193.5

i.e.

Her Total pay= $ 1053.5