Question

jen earns twice he regular hourly wage for each hour over 40 hours in a week . last week , she worked 45 hours and earned $442.50. which equation would you use to find jen's hourly wage ?

Answer 1

40x+(2x * 5)=442.50

Answer 2

If you solve that you're get 50x=$442.50 which equates to $8.85 per hour.

If you think of it another way, if she got paid twice as much for 5 hours of overtime that is equivalent to working 10 hours of normal time. So that would mean that she got paid $442.50 for 50 hours which again = $8.85.