SOLUTION: Jolly is paid 1.5 times her normal hourly rate for each hourshe work over 40 hours in a week. Last week she worked 52 hours and earned $707.60. What is her normal hourly rate?

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Question 622205: Jolly is paid 1.5 times her normal hourly rate for each hourshe work over 40 hours in a week. Last week she worked 52 hours and earned $707.60. What is her normal hourly rate?
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She worked 12 hours of overtime at time and a half. So she got paid for 6 extra hours. Divide 707.60 by 58.

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