document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=416685>Question 416685</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Pat is paid time and a half for each hour he works over 36 hours in a week. last week he worked 42 hours for a total of $ 472.50. what is his normal hourly rate.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "36 regular hrs; 6 overtime hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let his normal rate be \"x\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then his overtime rate is (3/2)x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "36x + 6((3/2)x) = 472.50<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "36x + 9x = 472.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "45x = 472.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = $10.50 (normal hourly rate)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3/2)x = (3/2)(10.50) = $15.75<BR>\n" );
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