Question

At Factory Y, a worker's wages for a 40-hour week is $200. She is paid 10% of her regular weekly wages for every hour that she works overtime. At the end of a certain week she received $380. Calculate the number of hours of overtime that she worked.

Answer 1

She worked 18 hours of overtime.

Explanation:

If she works 40 hours per week and gets $200, subtract $380 - $200 = $180.

If you multiply $180 by 0.1 (which is 10% converted to a decimal), you get 18 which is your final answer.