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Chris worked 45 hours at the library last week. If he gets time and a half for overtime and his

regular pay rate is $15.75. How much did he make for each hour of overtime? *

a.5 5
b. 15.75
c. 23.63
d. 31.50

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Answer:

c. 23.63

Explanation:

"Time and a half" means each hour of overtime is paid at 1.5 times the regular pay rate. Hence, an hour of overtime earns ...

1.5 × $15.75 = $23.625 ≈ $23.63

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Additional comment

The rounding of overtime pay will occur at the end of the computation. The first hour of overtime (and each odd hour) will earn $23.63, but the second hour (and each even hour) will earn only $23.62.

That is, total pay for 2 hours of overtime will not be 2 × $23.63 = $47.26, but will be 2 × $23.625 = $47.25.

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