Question

Pete worked 65 hours. 40 of those hours were at his regular rate of $15.00 per hour. The other 25 hours were at an

overtime rate of 1.5 times his regular rate. If his total earnings were $1,162.00, how much money did he make for the 25
hours of overtime?

Answer 1

Short answer:
$562

Bad explanation:
40x15=600
1162-600=562

Answer 2

I’m not sure if it’s 562 or 562.5

Explanation:

Hourly rate x hours worked

40x15

overtime

hourly rate x overtime rate x hours

15x1.5x25