Question 70584
When Julia works overtime, she is paid 1 1/2 times as much per hour as she normally is. After working her usual 40 hours last week, she worked an additional 8 hours overtime. If she made $520 last week, find her normal hourly wage. 

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Let her normal hourly wage be "x".
Value of 40 normal hours of work is 40x dollars
Value of 8 hours of overtime is 1.5*8x = 12x dollars
EQUATION:
value + value = 520 dollars
40x +12x = 520
52x = 520 
x=10 dollars per hour (Julia's normal hourly pay)
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Cheers,
Stan H.