Question

for this job , Hayden earns an hourly rate of $30. For each hour he works over 40 hours, he earns 1.5 times his regular hourly rate. In a two-week period, Hayden earns $2175 by working 40 regular hours, plus overtime. How many overtime hours did Hayden work?

Answer 1

Hayden's hourly rate is $30
Extra hour rate is 1.5×30=$45
given that he earned $2175 by working 40 regular hours, the number of overtime hours he worked will be given as follows;
let the number of overtime be x
hence total amount earned will be:
(40×30)+(45×x)=2175
1200+45x=2175
45x=2175-1200
45x=975
solving for x we get
x=975/45
x=65/3=21 2/3 hours