Drey makes $10 an hour plus $15 an hour for every hour of overtime. Overtime hours are any hours more than 40 hours for the week

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3 years ago

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Drey makes $10 an hour plus $15 an hour for every hour of overtime. Overtime hours are any hours more than 40 hours for the week

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Part A: Create an equation that shows the amount of wages earned, W, for working x hours in a week when there is no overtime. (3 points)

Part B: Create an equation that shows the amount of wages earned, S, for working y hours of overtime. Hint: Remember to include in the equation the amount earned from working 40 hours. (3 points)

Part C: Drey earned $490 in 1 week. How many hours (regular plus overtime) did he work? (4 points)

Mathematics

1 answer:

german · Answer 1 · 2022-06-13T22:04:13+03:00

german3 years ago

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Part A) x hours a week.
10$ per hour.

W= x*10.

Part B) 40 hours a week for 10$ each.

40*10 = 400.

Plus Y hours over time at 15$ each.
S=400+15y