document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=871111>Question 871111</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Joe is paid $9.50 per hour. His &#64257;rst 36 hours are paid at normal rates. If he works<BR>\n" );
document.write( "overtime during the week or works on Saturday, he is paid time-and-a-half. If he<BR>\n" );
document.write( "works on Sunday he gets double time. In a week in which he is paid $570, calculate<BR>\n" );
document.write( "how many hours of time-and-a-half and double time he possibly could have worked </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #525321 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=525321\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Joe is paid $9.50 per hour. His &#64257;rst 36 hours are paid at normal rates. If he works<BR>\n" );
document.write( "overtime during the week or works on Saturday, he is paid time-and-a-half. If he<BR>\n" );
document.write( "works on Sunday he gets double time. In a week in which he is paid $570, calculate how many hours of time-and-a-half and double time he possibly could have worked\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9.50*36 +1.5*9.50x +2*9.5y=570\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "342+14.25x+18y=570\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "57/4 x +18y=228<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply by 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "57x+72y=912<BR>\n" );
document.write( "57x=912-72y\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x= 16-72/57 *y\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x has to be a whole number . Assuming he does not work for half hours\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so 72/57 * y has also to be a whole number<BR>\n" );
document.write( "this possible only when y =0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so x = 16 & y =0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "one half times ------- hours 16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and two times ----------0 hours\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "lets check the possibility\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9.50*36 +1.5*9.50x +2*9.5y\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "342 + 14.25 *16 +0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "342+228<BR>\n" );
document.write( "570\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "570=570 </SPAN>\n" );
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