SOLUTION: Jacque earns $8.60 per hour (h). For overtime (each hour over 40 h) he earns $12.90 per h. If he works 55.5 h in a week, what pay should he receive?

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Question 199518:
Jacque earns $8.60 per hour (h). For overtime (each hour over 40 h) he earns $12.90 per h. If he works 55.5 h in a week, what pay should he receive?
Answer by vleith(2983) About Me  (Show Source):
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Jacque earns 8.60 for each hour up to 40. he then earns 12.90 for hour over 40.
He worked 55.5 hours. So he worked 40 regular hours and 15.5 overtime hours
totalPay+=+%28regularPayRate%2AregularHours%29+%2B+%28overtimePayRate%2AovertimeHours%29
totalPay+=+8.60%2A40+%2B+12.90%2A15.5
totalPay+=+344.00+%2B+199.95
totalPay+=+543.95