Question

A carpenter earns $17 per hour plus time and a half for overtime (more than 40 hours in one week). If she works 58 hours one week, what is her gross pay for that weck?

Answer 1

We know that she earns $17 per hour. This means that for every hour of overtime he gets paid:

`17\cdot1.5=25.5`

Then we he earns a total of:

`17\cdot40+25.5\cdot18=1139`

$1139 that week