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Jill earns 1.5 times her normal hourly rate for each hour she works after 40 hours in a week. she worked 52 hours this week and earned $638. What is her hourly rate?
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Jill earns 1.5 times her normal hourly rate for each hour she works after 40 hours in a week. she worked 52 hours this week and earned $638. What is her hourly rate?

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11 dollars an hour.
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This equation can be set up letting x be the hourly rate:40x+1.5x(52-40)=638  [40 times the rate, plus 1.5 times the rate for the hours over 40 equals the pay]40x+78x-60x=63858x=638x=11 hourly rate is $11/hr 
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