Question

Barbara Cusumano worked 60 hours last week. Of those hours, 40 hours were paid at the regular-time rate of $12.50 an hour, 18 hours at the time-and-a-half rate, and 2 hours at the double-time rate. What was Barbara's gross pay for the week?

Answer 1

$887.50

Explanation:

Her gross pay is the sum of the pay amounts for each of the hour amounts:

pay = 40(12.50) +18(12.50)(1.5) +2(12.50)(2)

= (12.50)(40 +18(1.5) +2(2)) = 12.50(40 +27 +4) = 12.50(71)

pay = 887.50

Barbara's gross pay for the week was $887.50.