Question

Last week, Tina worked 7 hours on Monday, 9 hours on Tuesday, 9 hours on Wednesday, 10 hours on Thursday, 7 hours on Friday, and 4 hours on
Saturday. Her rate is $61 per hour. She gets paid time-and-a-half for all hours worked over 8 per day. What were her gross earnings for the
week?

Answer 1

Answer:

$2,928

Step-by-step explanation:

Using the equation below, note that for days in which she worked more than $8$ hours, we will be multiplying the number hours worked over $8$ hours by $91.5.$

$61$ × $1.5=91.5$

Let $x$ equal hours less than or equal to $8.$

Let $y$ equal the number of hours worked over $8$ hours.

Let $t$ equal gross earnings.

Start with an equation:

$61x+91.5y=t$

Monday:

$61(7)=427$

Tuesday:

$61(8)+91.5(1) = 579.5$

Wednesday:

$61(8)+91.5(1) = 579.5$

Thursday:

$61(8)+91.5(2) = 671$

Friday:

$61(7)=427$

Saturday:

$61(4)=244$

Now, total the gross earnings of each day.

$427+579.5+579.5+671+427+244$

Solve.

$2928$