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document.write( "    if sylvia works overtime she is paid 1 1/2 times as much per hour as usual.  after working her usual 40 h last week.  she worked and additional 4h overtime.  if she made $552 last week find her usual hourly wage\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "THANSK ALOT </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #91044 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><B>ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><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=ankor@dixie-net.com><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=91044\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If Sylvia works overtime she is paid 1 1/2 times as much per hour as usual. after working her usual 40 h last week. she worked and additional 4h overtime. if she made $552 last week find her usual hourly wage<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This can be done with a simple algebra equations:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = normal<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.5x = overtime wage<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "40hr reg wage + 4hr overtime wage $552<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40x + 4(1.5x) = 552<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "40x + 6x= 552; (multiplied 4 * 1.5)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "46x = 552; added the x's<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=552%2F46 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"552%2F46\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >; divide both sides by 46<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = $12.00 per hr is the regular wage<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We can prove this.  Overtime wage would be 1.5 * 12 = 18.00 per hr<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40(12) + 4(18) =<BR>\n" );
document.write( "480 + 72 = 552<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Did this make sense to you. Can you do this now? </SPAN>\n" );
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