Question

Sammy earns $21 an hour and works 40 hours a week. How many overtime hours would he have to work for his time and a half overtime pay to be more than his regular pay?

Answer 1

Answer:

• Sammy would have to work 27 hours time and a have pay to make more than his 40 hour work week.

Solution:

• 21 x 40 gives us $840 which is his base pay for the week.
• ⇒ 1.5 x 21 would give us 31.5 which is his time and a half pay
• ⇒ If you mess around with the hours (31.5 x Sammy's work hours) you will see at 27 hours at time and a half pay, Sammy exceeds base weekly pay.

Thus you get your answer of 27 hours!

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