SOLUTION: Helen earns $7.50 an hour at her job, but if she works more than 35 hours in a week she is paid 1 1/2 times her regular salary for the overtime hours worked. One week her gross pay
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Question 53529: Helen earns $7.50 an hour at her job, but if she works more than 35 hours in a week she is paid 1 1/2 times her regular salary for the overtime hours worked. One week her gross pay was $352.50. How many overtime hours did she work that week? Found 2 solutions by stanbon, cattycassie77:Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Helen earns $7.50 an hour at her job, but if she works more than 35 hours in a week she is paid 1 1/2 times her regular salary for the overtime hours worked. One week her gross pay was $352.50. How many overtime hours did she work that week?
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Let "x" be the number of overtime hours she worked.
EQUATION:
Pay = regular pay + overtime pay
Pay= 7.50*35+(3/2)(7.50)x=352.50
62.5+11.25x=352.50
11.25x=341.25
x=30 1/3 hours.
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Stan H.
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