SOLUTION: TIONG BENG WORKED PART TIME AS A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT DURING THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS.HE WAS PAID THE NORMAL HOURLY RATE OF $2.80 PER HOUR.OVERTIME RATE IS ONE AND A HALF TIMES THE NORM
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Question 1085646: TIONG BENG WORKED PART TIME AS A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT DURING THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS.HE WAS PAID THE NORMAL HOURLY RATE OF $2.80 PER HOUR.OVERTIME RATE IS ONE AND A HALF TIMES THE NORMAL RATE.HE RECEIVED $173.60 FOR 54 HOURS OF WORK.
HOW MANY HOURS DID HE WORK OVERTIME?
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the normal hourly rate: $ per hour, and he worked hours
the overtime rate times the normal hourly rate: $ per hour, and he worked hours
for hours he received $
.........eq.1
.........eq.2
from eq.1 and eq.2 we have:
-> the hours
->the normal hours
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