In order to know the rate of pay, we need to divide the value of the paycheck ($624.65) by the total hours Alex worked (32.5 hours):
$624.65/(32.5 hours) = $624.65/(32.50 hours) = $62465/(3250 hours)
Now, to solve this division, we can do as follows:
Therefore, the rate of pay is
$19.22/hour