Question

Fred earns $16.50 an hour for overtime. He worked overtime on Monday and Thursday this week. On Monday, he worked 4 hours of overtime. His total overtime pay for the week was $123.75.
Write and solve an equation to find the number of overtime hours, h, Fred worked on Thursday.

Answer 1

Answer:

3.5 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

16.50*4=$66

123.75-66=57.75

57.75/16.5=3.5 hours

123.75-4x=h

x is pay

h is hours worked