Question

Daisy works at an ice-cream parlor. She is paid $10 per hour for the first 8 hours she works in a day. For every extra hour she works, she

is paid 1.5 times her hourly wage. If Daisy works for x hours in a day, and is greater than 8, the expression giving her net earnings for
the day is
v. if Daisy works 13 hours, she will be paid ($1557

Answer 1

The expression giving her net earnings for a day with more than 8 hours worked is X = 80 + 15H, where H means "extra hours worked".

Explanation:

Given that Daisy works at an ice-cream parlor earning $10 per hour for the first 8 hours she works in a day, and 1.5 times her hourly wage for every extra hour she works, in order to know how much can she make in a day working more than 8 hours the following equation has to be made:

X = (8 x 10) + (H x (1.5 x 10))

X = 80 + 15H

Therefore, if Daisy works 13 hours, the equation works as follows:

X = 80 + 15x13

X = 80 + 195

X = 275