Question

@mathslover

Answer 1

What did you do yet in this problem ?

Answer 2

do i make a proportion

Answer 3

No.

Answer 4

See, he got $5.20 per hour for the first 40 hours.

That is , total cost for 40 hours = $5.20 * 40 ---(1)

Answer 5

This is like the one you did before\, with diffenrent numbers, do you rmemeber how to do it?

Answer 6

Now he worked for 9 hours as overtime...

Salary for each hour in overtime is $7.80

Salary for 9 hours will be : $7.80 * 9

Answer 7

Now add both :

$5.20 * 40 + $7.80 * 9

Answer 8

And calculate.

Answer 9

278.2

Answer 10

Right.