Question

What do I do to get this answer? Could you provide me a step by step to understand where you get the numbers from? Thank you, will be using them as notes for the rest.

Answer 1

$546.25 is the total pay for that week

Explanation:

Allen makes $11.50 per hour. That means that if he works 40 hours per week, he will make 460$.

$11.50 * 40 hours = $460 per week

Overtime is any number of hours he works over 40 hours per week. Allen makes 50% more for every hour of overtime. Instead of making 11.50, he will be making $17.25.

$11.50 * 1.5 = $17.25 per hour of overtime

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To solve the problem:

1. How many hours were worked total on that particular week?

2. How many hours were normal time, how many were overtime?

3. Multiply normal time hours by $11.50, overtime hours by $17.25.

4. Add them together for the total compensation

Solution:

The week of 5/17, Allen worked 45 hours total. This is 40 hours of normal time, 5 hours of overtime.

40 hours * $11.50 = $460.00

5 OT hours * $17.25 = $86.25

$460.00 + $86.25 = $546.25 is the total amount earned that week.