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Karen has a summer job as a swim instructor. she gets paid $4 per hour for the first 20 hours and $6 per hour for each hour in the week. Karen's goal is to earn $104 per week. how many hours of overtime per week will she need to achieve her goal?

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She would need to work 24 hours because the first 20hrs x $4 is $80 $104-$80 = 24
24\6= 4 20 plus 4 is 24
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