Question

12. Jimmy is paid $14.50 per hour for a regular forty-hour work week and 5 point time and a half for any hour worked over 40. This pas week, Jimmy earned $754.00 in total pay. How many hours of overtime did Jimmy work?

Answer 1

Jimmy is paid $14.50 per hour for a regular forty-hour work week and 5 point time and a half for any hour worked over 40. This pas week, Jimmy earned $754.00 in total pay. How many hours of overtime did Jimmy work? ​

Let

x -----> the total hours worked

we have that

$14.50 --------> 40 hours

5.5($14.50) -------> > 40 hours

so

754=14.50*40+5.5(14.50)x

solve for x

754=580+79.75x

79.75x=754-580

79.75x=174

x=2.2 hours