Question

Tom earns $14.85 per hour for 40 hours and time and a half for overtime for hours worked over 35. If Jordan worked 43 hours last week... a. How many hours of overtime did he work? | I b. What is his overtime rate? (hourly dollar amount) c. How much was his pay for the week?

Answer 1

Tom earns 1.5 times his normal hourly wage when doing overtime work, therefore:

$\begin{gathered} \text{rate}_{\text{overtime}}=14.85\cdot1.5 \\ \text{rate}_{\text{overtime}}=22.275 \end{gathered}$

He receives overtime for every hour over 35. Therefore we need to subtract the number of hours worked by 35.

$\text{overtime}=43-35=8\text{ hours}$

His pay for the week was:

$\begin{gathered} \text{pay}=35\cdot14.85+8\cdot22.275 \\ \text{pay}=519.75+178.2 \\ \text{pay}=697.95 \end{gathered}$