Question

Harry earns an hourly rate of $15. For each additional hour over 40 hours, he earns 150% percent of his regular hourly rate. Last week Harry earned$847.50 working 40 regular hour and some overtime hours. How many total hours did he work last week
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Answer 1

Your answer is 51 hours

Answer 2

Answer:

51 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

$15 x 40 = $600

$15 x 1.50 = $22.5

$22.5 x 11 = $247.5

$600 + $247.5 = $847.5

40 + 11 = 51 hours