Question

Ken is a tour guide at an art museum. He earns $11 an hour regular pay and receives time-and-a-half for overtime. Last week he worked 40 hours plus overtime. If he made $66.00 in overtime, how many overtime time hours did he work?

Answer 1

He earns $16.50 for one hour of overtime.
He worked 4 hour of overtime.
I figured this out by first finding out how much he earns in one overtime so that equals $16.50. Then you need to divide $66.00 by $16.50 to get 4.

Answer 2

Ken worked 4 hours overtime.

Explanation:

Ken earns $11 for an hour in his regular pay.

He receives time-and-a-half for overtime = $11 + (11/2) = 11 + 5.50 = $16.50

Ken worked 40 hours plus overtime and he made $66.00 in his overtime.

So he worked overtime = $66.00 ÷ 16.50 = 4 hours

Ken worked 4 hours overtime.