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Shannon, who is paid time-and-a-half for hours worked in excess of 40 hours, had gross weekly wages of $551 for 52 hours worked. What is her regular hourly rate?

Answer 1

$9.5

Explanation:

40x+12*1.5x=551

40x+18x=551

58x=551

58x/58=551/58

x=9.5

I put 40x to represent her normal rate when she isnt working overtime which is over 40 hours. And then I put 12*1.5x which is broken down into two parts, 12 represent the amount of overtime hours worked 12 hours overtime (52-40=12) and 1.5x represents the time-and-a-half (which if you didnt know is where you get paid 1.5 times your hourly wage each hour worked overtime). And when you solve this equation you get 9.5 hours an hour as her regular hourly rate

Answer 2

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