Question

Mary Stevens earns $6 an hour at her job and is entitled to time-and-a-half for overtime,and double time on holidays. last week she worked 40 hours of regular time, 6/12 hours of overtime and 8 hours of holiday time. how much did she say earn

Answer 1

You can make an equation with the information given: Earnings = 6 * r + (1.5*6)o + (6*2) h = 6r + 9o + 12h. Where r is the number of regular hours worked, o is the number of overtime hours and h is the number of holiday hours. Now r = 40, o = 6.5, and h = 8. So, Earnings = 6(40) + 9(6.5) + 12(8) = 39405. Answer: $394.5