SOLUTION: If a woman receives a wage of $6 per hour for a 40 hour workweek plus $9 per hour for overtime work. If in a certain week she earned $294, how many overtime hours did she work?

Question 806680: If a woman receives a wage of $6 per hour for a 40 hour workweek plus $9 per hour for overtime work. If in a certain week she earned $294, how many overtime hours did she work?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
= regular hours worked
Let = overtime hours worked
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She worked 6 overtime hours

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