Question

Jane receives double pay for every hour she works over and above 38 hours per week. Last week she worked 48 hours and earns $812. What is Jane's regular hourly wage?

Answer 1

I don't know what the answer is

Answer 2

Answer:

Let's let s = his normal salary. For the first 40 hours, he makes 40s, right?

Since he worked 9 extra hours and got paid double, then his salary for that is 9(2s) = 18s.

We add the two together for his total salary.

40s + 18s =580

58s = 580

s = 10

So his normal salary is $10/hour.

Hope this helps!