Question

Brett earns $19.20/h and he gets overtime for hours exceeding 40 per week.

How many full hours must he work to earn a gross weekly pay of exactly $1056?

Answer 1

@jesus17

The goal is to figure out the full hours Brett must work in order to earn $1056 per week. Understand that

Full Hours (per week) = Regular Hours (per week) + Overtime Hours (per week)

So if Brett works 40 regular hours per week at $19.20/h, then he will earn:
\($19.20 \times 40 = $768\)

Subtracting $768 from $1056 leaves us with $288 in overtime pay. Keep in mind that overtime pay is 1.5 times regular pay. So, for overtime, Brett will make $28.8 per hour. So in otherwords, Brett will need to work an extra 10 hours overtime to make $288. So, in conclusion, Brett will have to work 50 Full hours a week in order to earn a gross pay of $1056 weekly.