Solve the word problem

Question

Sue worked 44hrs one week and earned a $437 paycheck. she earned time and a half (1.5 times her regular hourly wage) for the number of hours she worked in excess of 40hrs. What is her regular hourly wage.

Answer 1

So let p = her regular pay for the first 40 hours. Since she gets time and a half for the remaining 4 hours, you can represent that rate as 1.5p.

 

So her regular pay is 40p and her overtime pay is 4(1.5p) for a total of 437.

In math that is 40p + 6p = 437......46p = 437.....divide by 46 and get p = 9.5 or in money, $9.50 per hour.

 

If you want, you can check it.

40 hrs at 9.5 = $380

4 hours at 1.5*(9.50)= $57

 

380 + 57 = 437.  

 

Hope this helped.