Question

Rocco earns​ $19.00 per hour for straight time​ (40 hours), and the company pays him​ time-and-a-half for overtime. he worked 49 hours at his job during the first week of march 2017. what was​ rocco's gross pay for the​ week?

Answer 1

The solution to get the gross pay for the week of Rocco;First we will calculate the straight time pay which is (40 x $19.00) = $760,  second is the overtime pay which is (3 x $19.00 x 1.5) = 85.5, we will just add the straight time pay and overtime pay to get the gross pay and it is $845.5