Please help, it’s finance

Question

Rob has a job that pays $14.35 per hour for a 40-hour work week. He is paid time and a half for every hour over 40 that he works in a week. What will his gross pay be for a week in which he works 51 hours?

Answer 1

Hi Kaylee ...just found another one of yours:)

OK, Rob gets paid $14.35/hour for every hour he works in a 40 hour work week. So if we he works 40 hours, he gets 40 x $14.35 or $574 BUT to be fair, he gets paid more for any hours OVER 40. If he works 51 hours in a week, he works 51 hours - 40 hours or 11 hours at time and a half, or 1.5 x $14.35 or $21.525/hour

So in a week with 51 hours he will make 40 hours ($14.35/hour) + 11 hours ($21.525/hour) = $574 + $236.78