Question

Janice worked the following amount of hours this week from Monday through Friday: 8.25, 9.5, 8.75, 9.25, and 8 hours. If she gets paid $8.92 per hour with time and a half overtime pay for each hour over 40 hours for the whole week, how much did she earn before deductions?

$312.99
$390.25
$398.74
$406.98

Answer 1

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 2

what do you get when you add up 8.25, 9.5, 8.75, 9.25, and 8

Answer 3

43.75

Answer 4

one sec, something is off by my calculations

Answer 5

you have 43.75 correct, I mean that I'm not getting the answer choices provided, so one sec

Answer 6

okay

Answer 7

ok fixed it

Answer 8

alright, how much does she make at $8.92 per hour if she worked 40 hours

Answer 9

i got 390.25

Answer 10

that's incorrect

Answer 11

how much does she make at $8.92 per hour if she worked 40 hours

Answer 12

um idk 356.8

Answer 13

yes

Answer 14

she worked a total of 43.75 hrs

43.75 - 40 = 3.75

so for those 3.75 hours she worked, she is paid 1.5 times the original wage of $8.92

Answer 15

8.92 times 1.5 = ??

Answer 16

13.38

Answer 17

that's her overtime wage

Answer 18

multiply that by 3.75 to get ??

Answer 19

you had it correct

13.38*3.75 = 50.175

Answer 20

now you add that amount to the amount she earned working for 40 hours

Answer 21

50.175

Answer 22

ok

Answer 23

she earned $356.80 working 40 hours
she earned an additional 50.175 = 50.18 working those extra 3.75 overtime hours

Answer 24

406.975
so its 406.98

Answer 25

you got it