Jill earns 1.5 times her normal hourly rate for each hour she works after 40 hours in a week. she worked 52 hours this week and

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Goshia [24]

3 years ago

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Jill earns 1.5 times her normal hourly rate for each hour she works after 40 hours in a week. she worked 52 hours this week and

earned $638. What is her hourly rate?

Mathematics

2 answers:

beks73 [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-14T04:59:32+03:00

beks73 [17]3 years ago

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This equation can be set up letting x be the hourly rate:40x+1.5x(52-40)=638 [40 times the rate, plus 1.5 times the rate for the hours over 40 equals the pay]40x+78x-60x=63858x=638x=11 hourly rate is $11/hr

hichkok12 [17] · Answer 2 · 2022-03-14T06:14:42+03:00

hichkok12 [17]3 years ago

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11 dollars an hour.