Question

Ellen gets paid $18 per hour for the first 8 hours she works each day.  She earns 1.5  times her hourly pay rate for time she works over 8 hours each day.  Ellen worked from 8am to 8:30 pm on Friday and took a 1-hour unpaid lunch break.

Answer 1

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Ellen gets paid $18 per hour for the first 8 hours she works each day. She earns 1.5 times her hourly pay rate for time she works over 8 hours each day. Ellen worked from 8am to 8:30 pm on Friday and took a 1-hour unpaid lunch break.How much money did Ellen earn for the time she worked on that day? Show and explain all of the steps you used to determine your answer.

Answer:

$238.50

Step-by-step explanation:

Ellen gets paid for 8 hour work on each day = $18.00 per hour

over 8 hour work each day Ellen was paid = 18.00 × 1.5

                                                                       = $27.00 per hour

Ellen worked from 8 am to 8:30 pm on Friday and took 1-hour unpaid lunch break.

Time of work on Friday = 12.5 - 1 = 11.5 hours

Ellen worked over 8 hours = 11.5 - 8 = 3.5 hours

for 8 hours she was paid = 18 × 8 = $144

for overtime she was paid = 3.5 × 27 = $94.5

Ellen earned on that day = 144 + 94.5

                                         = $238.50

Ellen earned on Friday $238.50

Answer 2

Hello! So she earns $18 an hour for 8 hours, with the wage 1.5x the amount after 8 hours. 18 * 1.5 is 27. 8am - 8:30pm is 12 1/2 hours, but taking a break for 1 hour would leave 11 1/2 hours. So first, let's multiply 18 by 8. 18 * 8 is 144. There are another 3 1/2 hours she worked, so let's multiply that by 27. 27 * 3.5 is 94.5. Now, add both numbers together. 144 + 94.5 is 238.5. There. Ellen earned $238.50 on Friday.