Obasi earns 150% of his regular hourly wage while working overtime.
Let us convert percentage into fraction first:
To convert a percentage into fraction we need to use the following formula:
a%
![=(a)/(100)](https://img.qammunity.org/2019/formulas/mathematics/college/gqyd5s7sixjovtiyga0k0llcsw6y03rjng.png)
Here, he earns 150% of his hourly wage while working overtime:
So,
150%=
![=(150)/(100) =(3)/(2) =1.5](https://img.qammunity.org/2019/formulas/mathematics/college/i6k3bqrx62w7okq2rqt1crn5vol9luym6t.png)
Obasi earns
of his hourly earnings or 1.5 times of his hourly earnings while working overtime.