Question 1091406: You have a summer job that pays time and a half for overtime. That is, if you work more than 40 hours a week, your hourly wage for the extra hours is 1.5 times your normal hourly wage of $7.
a. Write a piecewise function that gives your weekly pay "P" in terms of the number "H" of hours you work.
b. How much will you get paid if you work 45 hours?
Found 2 solutions by addingup, MathTherapy:
Answer by addingup(3677)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! P = 7(40)+(7*1.5)(H-40)
for 45 hrs
P = 7(40)+(7*1.5)(45-40)
P = 7(40)+(10.5*5)
You finish with your calculator, follow PEMDAS (Power, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction)
Answer by MathTherapy(10555)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You have a summer job that pays time and a half for overtime. That is, if you work more than 40 hours a week, your hourly wage for the extra hours is 1.5 times your normal hourly wage of $7.
a. Write a piecewise function that gives your weekly pay "P" in terms of the number "H" of hours you work.
b. How much will you get paid if you work 45 hours?
Piece-wise function: 
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