SOLUTION: Helen earns $7.50 an hour at her job, but if she works more than 35 hours in a week she is paid 1 1/2 times her regular salary for the overtime hours worked. One week her gross pay

Question 53529: Helen earns $7.50 an hour at her job, but if she works more than 35 hours in a week she is paid 1 1/2 times her regular salary for the overtime hours worked. One week her gross pay was $352.50. How many overtime hours did she work that week?
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Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Helen earns $7.50 an hour at her job, but if she works more than 35 hours in a week she is paid 1 1/2 times her regular salary for the overtime hours worked. One week her gross pay was $352.50. How many overtime hours did she work that week?
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Let "x" be the number of overtime hours she worked.
EQUATION:
Pay = regular pay + overtime pay
Pay= 7.50*35+(3/2)(7.50)x=352.50
62.5+11.25x=352.50
11.25x=341.25
x=30 1/3 hours.
Cheers,
Stan H.
Answer by cattycassie77(2) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(352.50-(35(7.40)))/(1.5x7.5)=X
X=8 hours overtime
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