SOLUTION: a welder earns $20 per hour for the first 40 hours she works in a week and $30 per hour or each hour over 40 hours. Write a peicewise function f(x) that can be used t to determine

Question 893781: a welder earns $20 per hour for the first 40 hours she works in a week and $30 per hour or each hour over 40 hours. Write a peicewise function f(x) that can be used t to determine the welders earnings when she works for x hours in a week
Answer by algebriac(10) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Suppose she works X hours in a week.
According to question, if x < 40
$20 per hour for the first 40 hours
hence Total earnings F(x) = 20 X
If X>40
$20 per hour for the first 40 hours
Hence earnings for the first 40 hours= 20*40 = $800
Total earnings F(x)= 800 + 30(X-40)
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