Question

Mr James works a basic week of 40 hours at a rate of $16 an hour. His overtime rate

is $4 per hour MORE than his basic rate.

Calculate:
(a) his total wage for a basic week,

(b) his wage for a week in which he worked 47 hours,

(c) the number of hours he worked during one week if he was paid a wage of $860.

Answer 1

A) i think 64,000

B) 66,800 or 66,900

C)53.75 maybe sorry if im incorrect for all

Explanation:

A) James works a basic week for 40 hours at the rate of $1,600 an hour.

therefore, total wage of James for a basic week will be = $1,600 × 40 = $64,000

B) Now he worked for 47 hours

his basic week work is 40 hours

No of hours he worked extra = 47 - 40 = 7 hours

Now his wage for 7 hours overtime at the rate of $400 will be = $400 ×7 = $2,800

and his wage for basic week for 40 hours is $64,000 as we have calculated above.

therefore, his total wage for a week in which he worked for 47 hours = $64,000 + $2,800 = $66,800

C) Now he worked for one week and was paid a wage of $86,000

we will calculate the number of hours he worked in a week by unitary method

For 40 hours work he used to get $64,000 Therefore for 1 hour work he will get $1600

Now,

$1600 is earned by working for 1 hour

$86,000 is earned by working for = 53.75

He worked for 53.75 hours to get $86,000

Again sorry if incorrect, i gave it all that i could. If it was correct then good but if wrong im am super sorry anyways, Have a great weekend/day!

Answer 2

(a) To calculate Mr. James's total wage for a basic week, we can use the following formula:

The total wage for the basic week = Basic rate x Number of hours worked

Given that Mr. James works 40 hours a week at a rate of $16 per hour, his total wage for a basic week would be:

Total wage for basic week = $16 x 40 = $640

Therefore, Mr. James's total wage for a basic week is $640.

(b) To calculate Mr. James's wage for a week in which he worked 47 hours, we need to consider his basic and overtime rates. Since his overtime rate is $4 per hour more than his basic rate, his overtime rate would be:

Overtime rate = Basic rate + $4

Overtime rate = $16 + $4 = $20 per hour

Now, we can calculate his wage for the week as follows:

The wage for the week = (Number of basic hours x Basic rate) + (Number of overtime hours x Overtime rate)

Wage for the week = (40 x $16) + (7 x $20)

Wage for the week = $640 + $140

Wage for the week = $780

Therefore, Mr. James's wage for a week in which he worked 47 hours is $780.

(c) To find the number of hours Mr. James worked during one week if he was paid a wage of $860, we can use the same formula as in part (b) but rearrange it to solve for the number of hours:

Number of hours worked = (Wage for the week - (Number of basic hours x Basic rate)) / (Overtime rate - Basic rate)

Number of hours worked = ($860 - (40 x $16)) / ($20 - $16)

Number of hours worked = ($860 - $640) / $4

Number of hours worked = $220 / $4

Number of hours worked = 55

Therefore, Mr. James worked 55 hours during the week, for which he was paid $860.