Gloria earns 1.5 times her normal hourly pay for each hour that she works over 40 hours in a week. Her normal pay is p dollars per hour. Last week Gloria worked 47 hours and earned $489.85. The following equation represents this situation where p is Gloria’s normal hourly pay in dollars per hour: 40p + 7(1.5p) = 489.85 What is Gloria’s normal hourly pay?
