Question

How much will you get paid if you work 47 hours ??

Answer 1

The answer is $606.

Answer 2

This question means that if you work for 40 hours, you earn $12 for each hour you work. But if you work for more than 40 hours you earn $12 multiplied by 1.5 for the extra hours after 40 hours.

So if you work for 47 hours, you earn

`\begin{gathered} for\text{ the first 40 hours, we have } \\ 40\text{ hours }*12\text{ dollars = 480 dollars } \end{gathered}`

For the extra 7 hours, we have

`1.5*7\text{ hours }*12\text{ dollars = 126 dollars }`

Total money earned becomes

`480+126=606`

Hence the answer is $606