Question

Ian worked 45 hours in a week, earning a total of $1101.60. He worked 35 hours normal time, 8 hours of time and a half and 2 hours were double time. What is his normal hourly wage ?

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Answer 1

$21.6/hr

Explanation:

Time paid

For 8 hours paid as 1.5, time is 8*1.5=12 hours

Similarly, for double hours, then it is 2*2=4

Given 35 normal hours, the total time will be the sum of 35, 12 and 4 hence 35+12+4=51 hours

Considering the pay of $1101.60 this is equivalent to hourly pay of 1101.60/51=21.6

Therefore, the hourly pay is $21.6 per hour