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Re: Last week, Jane worked 40 hours of regular time and 8 hours [#permalink]
Can someone please correct the question above?
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Re: Last week, Jane worked 40 hours of regular time and 8 hours [#permalink]
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Can someone please correct the question above?



Fixed! The over time pay is not \(\frac{11}{2}=5.5\) but \(1\frac{1}{2}=1.5\).


Total pay= regular pay +overtime pay = (regular rate) * regular time + (overtime rate)* overtime time= \(11.5 \times 40 + 11.5 \times 1.5 \times 8= 598\)
The answer is indeed E.
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