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A service attendant is paid time and a 1/2 for working over 40 hours per week last week. The attendant work 47 hours and earned $782.75 find the attendants regular hourly wage
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A service attendant is paid time and a 1/2 for working over 40 hours per week last week. The attendant work 47 hours and earned $782.75 find the attendants regular hourly wage

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Write and solve an equation:

Total earnings = $782.75 = s(40 hrs) + 1.5*s*(7 hrs)

Then 782.75 = 40s + 10.5s = 50.5s

Dividing both sides by 50.5: s = 15.5. The attendant's regular hourly wage was $15.50.
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