Question

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Jessica's employer pays the employee's at his store "time and a half" for overtime when they work more than 40 hours per week. Jessica's regular hourly wage is $7.50 and she worked 48 hours this week.

Jessica's gross pay will be: $______

Answer 1

You could have found the answer in less time than it took you to post the question.

-- Jessica's hourly rate is $7.50 per hour for the first 40 hours,

-- It's (1.5 x $7.50) for each hour over 40 hours.


-- Jessica earned (40 x $7.50) for the first 40 hours.

-- She earned (1.5 x $7.50) for each of the next 8 hours.

First multiplyum, then addum up.