document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=921623>Question 921623</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> worked 48 hours, was paid $360.  what is the hourly rate and overtime rate?  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #559123 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=559123\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> It depends on how overtime pay is calculated, and I would say we do not have enough information.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A common way to calculate overtime pay is to count each hour over 40 hours (in a standard week) as 1.5 hours.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then, someone working 48 hours within that standard week would be paid for<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=40%2B%2848-40%29%2A1.5=40%2B8%2A1.5=40%2B12=52 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"40%2B%2848-40%29%2A1.5=40%2B8%2A1.5=40%2B12=52\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > times the hourly rate.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In that case the hourly rate would be<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=360%2F52 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"360%2F52\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >=$<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6.923 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6.923\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (rounded),<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and the overtime would be paid at $<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28360%2F52%29%2A1.5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28360%2F52%29%2A1.5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >=$<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=10.385 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"10.385\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (rounded).<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Another common way to calculate overtime pay is to count each hour over 40 hours (in a standard week) as 2 hours.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then, someone working 48 hours within that standard week would be paid for<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=40%2B%2848-40%29%2A2=40%2B8%2A25=40%2B16=56 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"40%2B%2848-40%29%2A2=40%2B8%2A25=40%2B16=56\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > times the hourly rate.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In that case the hourly rate would be<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=360%2F56 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"360%2F56\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >=$<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6.429 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6.429\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (rounded),<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and the overtime would be paid at $<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28360%2F56%29%2A2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28360%2F56%29%2A2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >=$<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=12.857 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"12.857\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (rounded).<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the rates for overtime pay and regular pay are not in a 1.5:1 or 2:1 ratio,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and/or if overtime is paid based on hours over some other weekly limit (not 40 hours),<BR>\n" );
document.write( "we do not have enough information to answer.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Even if the first 40 hours were paid at a regular hourly rate and the next 8 hours were paid at a higher overtime pay rate,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "there are many possible, reasonable answers.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Here are a few of those many:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Maybe the first 40 hours were paid at a regular  hourly rate of $6.00/hour,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and the next 8 hours were considered overtime, paid at an overtime rate of $15.00/hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Maybe the first 40 hours were paid at a regular  hourly rate of $6.50/hour,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and the next 8 hours were considered overtime, paid at an overtime rate of $12.50/hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The regular ate could have been $7.00/hour, with an overtime rate of $10.00/hour. </SPAN>\n" );
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