Question

Helen earns $7.50 an hour at her job, but if she works more than 35 hours in a week, she is paid 1over 1/2 times her regular salary for the overtime hours worked. One week her gross pay was $386.25. How many overtime hours did she work that week?

Answer 1

11 hours

Explanation:

$386.25 - (35 x $7.50) = $123.75 <--- overtime

$7.50 x 1.5 = $11.25

$123.75 / $11.25 = 11 hours overtime