Question

Mr. Kirkland receives $13/hr. regular time (8/hr./day) and double pay for working on holidays. He worked on a Friday even though it was a Holiday. If his weeks' pay was at least $650, how many hours did he work on Friday?

Answer 1

Given:

Mr. Kirkland receives $13 per hour.

Let x be the number of hours on friday.

Assuming he worked 4 full days.

The inequality is,

$\begin{gathered} 13\times8\times4+2(13)x\ge650 \\ 416+26x\ge650 \\ 26x\ge650-416 \\ 26x\ge234 \\ x\ge9 \end{gathered}$

Answer: Mr. Kirkland worked for at least 9 hours on friday