SOLUTION: an employee who is making $7.5 an hour is promised a raise. the next week the employee works 54 hour if he is paid time and a half over 40 hours and his paycheck was 594.75 what is

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Question 668093: an employee who is making $7.5 an hour is promised a raise. the next week the employee works 54 hour if he is paid time and a half over 40 hours and his paycheck was 594.75 what is the new hourly rate.
i have 9.75 for my answear but not sure how to write the equation.

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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an employee who is making $7.5 an hour is promised a raise.
the next week the employee works 54 hour if he is paid time and a half over 40 hours and his paycheck was 594.75 what is the new hourly rate.
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Let the new hourly rate be "x":
Equation: 40x + 14[(3/2)x] = 594.75
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40x + 21x = 594.75
61x = 594.75
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x = 9.75
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Cheers,
Stan H.