SOLUTION: Rosita earns $10/hr. If she works more than 40 hrs/wk., she earns 1.5 times her hourly wage for overtime. I think the equation for this question would be s=400+1.5h. Is this right?

Question 127747: Rosita earns $10/hr. If she works more than 40 hrs/wk., she earns 1.5 times her hourly wage for overtime. I think the equation for this question would be s=400+1.5h. Is this right?
Answer by JessicaGill(40) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let c equal the total number of hours
Let x equal # of overtime hours.

As an example Say Rosita worked 51 hours in a week the equation would look like this

This will work if you already know the total number of hours. Just subtract 40 from the total hours to find the hours of overtime.

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