Final answer:
Cheryl Swoops earned a regular hourly rate of $16.85 and worked 40 hours of regular time and 15 hours of overtime. Her gross pay is $1053.13.
Step-by-step explanation:
To calculate Cheryl Swoops' gross pay, we need to calculate her earnings for regular time and overtime separately and then add them together.
For regular time, Cheryl worked 40 hours at a regular hourly rate of $16.85, which gives us a total of $674.
For overtime, she worked 15 hours, and since she gets time and a half for overtime, her hourly rate would be $16.85 * 1.5 = $25.275. This gives us a total of $25.275 * 15 = $379.13.
Adding her earnings for regular time and overtime, her total gross pay would be $674 + $379.13 = $1053.13.
Therefore, the correct answer is A) $1053.13.