Asif123 wrote:
For each hour worked in excess of 40 hours per week, a mechanic is paid 1.5 times her regular rate of $12 per hour. Her gross pay for a week in which she works 52 hours is equal to her pay at the regular rate for how many hours?
(A) 58 (B) 64 (C) 66 (D) 70 (E) 78
Here,
she worked \(12\) hours extra and she was paid =\( 12 * 18\) = $\(216\) ( 1.5 times of $12 = $18)
for \(40\) hours she was paid regular rate = \(40 * 12 \)= $\( 480\)
Total $ received = \(480 + 216\) = $\(696 \)
For \(52\) hours her pay at the regular rate = \(\frac{696}{12}\) = \(58\) hours
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