document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=321164>Question 321164</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Helen earns $7.50 an hour at her job, but if she works more than 35 hours in a week she is paid 1.5 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? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If she works 35 hours she gets 35*7.50 = $ 262.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "She got $ 352.50 that week.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so she got 352.50-262.50 = $ 90 extra for overtime <BR>\n" );
document.write( "She gets 1.5 times for every extra hour<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so she gets 7.50*1.50= $11.25 per extra hour<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The extra amount she got was $ 90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so she worked for 90/11.25 extra hours<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 8 hours over time<BR>\n" );
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