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.

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Roger Blanchard

Mathematics

30 January, 03:53

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.

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Wayne · 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