SOLUTION: Linda works a 40-hour week (standard). The overtime wage rate is 1 1/2. times the standard wage rate. In the first week of the month she worked 10 hours overtime and received total

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Question 329073: Linda works a 40-hour week (standard). The overtime wage rate is 1 1/2. times the standard wage rate. In the first week of the month she worked 10 hours overtime and received total wages of R2 750.What amount does she earn in a week if she does not work overtime?
A. R1 000 B. R1 500 C. R2 000 D. R2 500 E. R3 000
Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
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40X+10*1.5X=750
40X+15X=750
55X=750
X=750/55
X=13.64 ANS. FOR THE HOURLY RATE.
PROOF:
40*13.64+15*13.64=750
545.45+204.60=750
750~750