Question

Xavier Brown works on a 40-hour week basis with time-and-a-half paid for overtime
work. Her regular-time hourly rate is $17.50. Last week she worked 43.5 hours from
Monday through Thursday and 8.5 hours on Friday. Complete all steps to find Xavier's
gross wages for last week.

With solution.

Answer 1

The gross wages of Xavier Brown when worked 43.5 hours in the week will be Gross pay=$730.625

What is gross pay?

The total amount earned by any worker with his basic pay like incentives allowances etc.

It is given that Xavier Brown works on a 40-hour week basis and-a-half paid for overtime work.

Last week she worked 43.5

The distribution of the work is given as:-

Monday      Tuesday        Wed      Thursday       Friday    Total

9 Hours     9 Hours          8.5         8.5                   8.5      43.5

So we have the total working hours = 43.5 hours

Weekly working hours are =40 hours

So for 40 hours she will be paid:-

Pay =40x17.50

Now extra hours or overtime is =43.5-40=3.5 hours

So the extra income will be half of the regular:-

Pay=3.5x({1}÷{2}) x17.5=$30.625

So total gross pay will be = $700+$30.625=$730.625

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