Question

A company has 3 employees, and each employee earns $15.50 an hour. The employees worked for 8 hours at regular pay and then for 2 hours at a higher overtime rate. The overtime rate is an extra $7.00 per hour. How much in total did the company pay the employees?​

Answer 1

Each employee worked for 8 regular hours and 2 overtime hours, so each employee worked for a total of 10 hours. The regular pay rate is $15.50 per hour, so each employee earned 8 hours x $15.50 = $124 for regular pay. For overtime pay, each employee worked for 2 hours x ($15.50 + $7.00) = $44 in total.

Explanation:

Therefore, each employee earned a total of $124 + $44 = $168.

Since there are 3 employees, the total amount that the company paid the employees is $168 x 3 = $504.

Therefore, the company paid a total of $504 to its employees.

Answer 2

$507

Explanation:

The total rate for overtime work is $7.00 + $15.50 = $22.50

1 employee worked:

8 hours at $15.50 per hour

2 hours at $22.50 per hour

total for 1 employee:

8 × $15.50 + 2 × $22.50 = $124 + $45 = $169

total for 3 employees:

3 × $169 = $507