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#1 2024-09-22 06:12:58

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Computing Hourly Wages

Jack is paid time-and-a-half for hours worked in excess than 40 hours and double-time for hours worked on Sunday. If Jack had a gross weekly wages of $456 for 50 hours, 4 of which were on Sunday, what is his regular hourly rate?


Jack works 40 regular hours at a regular rate.

He work 10 hours over 40.

Of the 10 hours of overtime work, 6 hours at 1.5x per hour and 4 of the 10 hours, he made double-time or 2x.

My set up:

40x + 6(1.5x) + 4(2x) = 456

Is this the correct equation?


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#2 2024-09-22 23:57:38

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Re: Computing Hourly Wages

I think so.

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#3 2024-09-23 02:03:13

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Re: Computing Hourly Wages

Bob wrote:

I think so.

Bob

I get an hourly wage of $8 for Jack.


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#4 2024-09-23 03:35:02

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Re: Computing Hourly Wages

I agree!  Well done.

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#5 2024-09-23 03:40:36

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Re: Computing Hourly Wages

Bob wrote:

I agree!  Well done.

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Thanks. I have decided to randomly select questions as my way to stay in touch with mathematics. My questions will range from prealgebra through precalculus. I will need your help with calculus questions.


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#6 2024-09-23 03:42:15

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I'm looking forward to it. smile

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#7 2024-09-23 03:50:52

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Re: Computing Hourly Wages

Bob wrote:

I'm looking forward to it. smile

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I look forward to your help with Calculus l, ll, and lll. Calculus will be a textbook study. There's no way I can jump from chapter to chapter and topic to topic if I never took Calculus before.


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