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?

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?

ganeshie8 · Answer

easy word problem

ganeshie8 · Answer

its a normal work timings of 40 hour / week

ganeshie8 · Answer

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

ganeshie8 · Answer

call your hourly rate is x

ganeshie8 · Answer

your goal is to earn $475 per week

ganeshie8 · Answer

can you setup an equation ?

anonymous · Answer

No...I really suck at word problems

anonymous · Answer

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

ganeshie8 · Answer

perfect!!