Question

Marie works for the electric company. She earns $10 per hour working 40 hours a week.

She gets 1.5 times her pay in overtime for any hours worked over 40 hours. If she
worked 50 hours in a week, how much would Marie make?
0 $400
$1,000
$550
$500

Answer 1

The answer is $550

Explanation:

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Answer 2

$550

Explanation:

She worked 50 hours. You can subtract the original 40 hours from that 50 and multiply it by 10 giving her a $400 weekly income. Now, you have to add the overtime hours. She worked 10 extra hours and she is earning 1.5 times her normal hourly pay for these hours. $10 (Her normal hourly pay) times 1.5 is $15 per hour. Now, multiply the number of extra hours by 15. This is a total of $150. So, in total, she earned $550 dollars that week.