ACT Math · Ratios, rates, and percents
An employee earns $18 per hour for the first 40 hours worked in a week, and 1.5 times that rate for each hour beyond 40. What is the…
An employee earns $18 per hour for the first 40 hours worked in a week, and 1.5 times that rate for each hour beyond 40. What is the employee's total pay for a 46-hour work week?
Answer and explanation
Answer: H: $882
Pay is computed in two parts. The first hours earn dollars. The overtime rate is dollars per hour, and there are overtime hours, so overtime pay is . The total is dollars, choice H. Choice F ($720) omits the overtime. Choice G ($828) pays all hours at the regular rate, . Choice J ($972) pays more than the rule allows. The overtime rate applies only to the hours beyond , not to the whole week.
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