document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=53529>Question 53529</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 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? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let \"x\" be the number of overtime hours she worked.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Pay = regular pay + overtime pay<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Pay= 7.50*35+(3/2)(7.50)x=352.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "62.5+11.25x=352.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11.25x=341.25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=30 1/3 hours.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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