Question

A regular workweek is 40 hours. Overtime pay is time and one-half): Manual is a word-processor operator. He makes $13.50 an hour. Determine his gross earnings for a week if he worked 54 hours.

Answer 1

Overtime is over 40 so subtract 40 from 54 and get
54-40=14
14 hours hovertime
so multipliy usuall pay by 40 (since worked 40 normal hours) then add to overtime pay by 14 hours so


(13.5 times 40)+(13.5 times 1.5 times 14)=
540+283.5=823.5
answer is $823.50