Question

Sarah has a job working for Boeing constructing plane wings. She earns a Salary of $67,500.00 a year, with an overtime flat rate of $20.00 an hour. How much money did she make before taxes if she worked 88 hours of overtime last year? What is the x-axis? What is the y-axis? What is the y-intercept?

Answer 1

Sarah made $69,260.00 before taxes.

To solve this problem

Firstly, let calculate overtime pay:

• Overtime hours = 88
• Overtime rate = $20.00/hour
• Overtime pay = Overtime hours * Overtime rate
• Overtime pay = 88 hours * $20.00/hour = $1760.00

Now, let calculate total earnings:

Salary = $67,500.00

Overtime pay = $1760.00

Total earnings = Salary + Overtime pay

Total earnings = $67,500.00 + $1760.00 = $69,260.00

So, Sarah made $69,260.00 before taxes.

Now x-axis, y-axis, and y-intercept:

• x-axis: The horizontally plotted independent variable, commonly represented by the letter x.
• y-axis: A vertical plot of the dependent variable, commonly represented by the letter y.
• The value of y when x is 0 is represented by the y-intercept, which is the point where the line crosses the y-axis.