document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1186621>Question 1186621</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hurt to have been accused of not being able to put food on the table, Aljur claims he earns $7500 an hour at his job. If he works more than 35 hours in a week, he is paid 1.5 times his regular salary for the overtime hours worked. One week his gross pay was $352500. How many overtime hours did he work that week? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Aljur claims he earns $7500 an hour at his job. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What he earns, and what he claims, are two different things.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If he works more than 35 hours in a week, he is paid 1.5 times his regular salary for the overtime hours worked. One week his gross pay was $352500. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We only KNOW that his normal time is 35 hours and overtime is at 1.5 times the normal hourly rate.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Again we are not actually given his true hourly rate.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How many overtime hours did he work that week?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "w, his actual hourly rate<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x, his hours of overtime<BR>\n" );
document.write( "35, assumed hours of normal time actually worked\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can solve this for x, and maybe substitute w=7500. </SPAN>\n" );
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