Question

You need to earn $475 per week to afford the new car you want to
purchase. Your work week is 45 hours. You get 1.5 times the regular hourly rate
for overtime (anything over 40 hours). How much does your hourly rate need to be?

Answer 1

easy word problem

Answer 2

its a normal work timings of 40 hour / week

Answer 3

but you're working 45 hours per week.
=> overtime = 5 hours

Answer 4

call your hourly rate is x

Answer 5

your goal is to earn $475 per week

Answer 6

can you setup an equation ?

Answer 7

No...I really suck at word problems

Answer 8

40x+5(1.5x)=475
40x+7.5x=475
47.5x=475
x=10

Answer 9

perfect!!