Whole number and operations drills

Question

this week laura worked 40 hours regular time and 3 hours overtime.if she earns $12.00 per hour regularly and gets 1 1/2 times that for overtime, how much did laura earn last week?

Answer 1

40*12 + 3 *12 *1.5

| |_______ Overtime

|_______________ Regular time

480 + 36 * 1.5

480 + 54

Laura made $534 last week.