Question

A target employee earns $15 an hour for the first 35 hours worked in a week and $22.50 for any hours over 35. One week's paycheck (before deductions) was for $705. How many hours did the employee work?

Answer 1

employee worked 8 hours over 35 hours, for a total of 35 + 8 = 43 hours.

Explanation:

(35 hours x $15/hour) + (x hours x $22.50/hour) = $705 (where x is the number of hours worked over 35 hours)

You can then solve for x:

35x15 + x*22.50 = 705

525 + 22.5x = 705

22.5x = 180

x = 8

So the employee worked 8 hours over 35 hours, for a total of 35 + 8 = 43 hours.