Question

Josh works at a rate of $10.73 per hour. His employer pays time and a half for overtime (over 40 hours). If he worked 47 hours this week, what is his total pay before taxes?$504.31$541.87$470.00$532.74

Answer 1

Notice that 47=40+7; therefore, Josh receives $10.73 for each one of the first forty hours and 1.5*$10.73 for the remaining 7 hours; algebraically,

`Total=40*10.73+7*1.5*10.73=429.2+112.665=541.865\approx541.87`

Thus, the answer is $541.87