Question

Is this right?
Drey makes $10 an hour plus $15 an hour for every hour of overtime. Overtime hours are any hours more than 40 hours for the week.

Answer 1

Drey makes $10 an hour plus $15 an hour for every hour of overtime. Overtime hours are any hours more than 40 hours for the week.

Part A: Create an equation that shows the amount of wages earned, W, for working x hours in a week when there is no overtime. (3 points)

Part B: Create an equation that shows the amount of wages earned, S, for working y hours of overtime. Hint: Remember to include in the equation the amount earned from working 40 hours. (3 points)

Part C: Drey earned $490 in 1 week. How many hours (regular plus overtime) did he work? (4 points)

Answer 2

Whatcha got so far? :)

Answer 3

Part A: W=$10x
Part B: S=$15x $400
Part C: Part C I am stuck.
@johnweldon1993

Answer 4

A) Good
B) You forgot to put the '+' sign...but good
C) We use the formula from part B you make

\[\large 15x + 400 = 490\]

Since we know we only makes MAX 400 by working just 40 hours a week...we know he worked SOME overtime on top of that 400...solve for 'x'

Answer 5

would 6 be right? for part C?
@johnweldon1993

Answer 6

Well 6 is the number of hours he worked in overtime!!

But in total he worked that on top of the 40 hours he normally does right?

So 40 + 6 = ? :)

Answer 7

46 would be the answer. @johnweldon1993 Thank you for you help!!

Answer 8

No problem :)