Maradee works at Cox's Jewelers for $7.50 per hour with time-and-a-half for all hours over 40 in a week. Thus, her weekly salary

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Maradee works at Cox's Jewelers for $7.50 per hour with time-and-a-half for all hours over 40 in a week. Thus, her weekly salary

is given by
S(h) = 11.25h + 300
where h is the number of overtime hours and S(h) is her weekly salary. (See Example 5.)
(a) Find S(8.5). (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
$

(b) One week, Maradee worked 47 hours. Find her salary for that week.
$

(c) Maradee's Valentine week salary was $398.61. How many hours overtime did she work? (Round your answer to one decimal place.)
hr

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