SOLUTION: A quality assurance specialist makes $22 an hour for the first 40 hours she works during a week and $29 an hour for each hour worked over 40 hours. Which piecewise equation models

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Question 920441: A quality assurance specialist makes $22 an hour for the first 40 hours she works during a week and $29 an hour for each hour worked over 40 hours. Which piecewise equation models her total weekly pay (y) in dollars as it relates to the number of hours (x) that she has worked during the week?
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A quality assurance specialist makes $22 an hour for the first 40 hours she works during a week and $29 an hour for each hour worked over 40 hours. Which piecewise equation models her total weekly pay (y) in dollars as it relates to the number of hours (x) that she has worked during the week?
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f(x) = 22x for 0<=x<=40
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= 29x for x > 40
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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