Given:
Employee earns $10.90 per hour for the first 40 hours he works in 1 week.
He is paid 1.5 times that rate for each additional hour that he works.
To find:
How much money does he earn working for 43 hours in 1 week?
Solution:
Earning for first 40 hours = $10.90 per hour
Earning for additional hours after 40 hours = 1.5 × $10.90 per hour
= $16.35 per hour
In 43 hours, 3 hours are additional after first 40 hours.
Earning for first 40 hours = 40 × $10.90
Earning for additional 3 hours = 3 × $16.35
Now,
[tex]\text{Total earnings}=40\times 10.90+3\times 16.35[/tex]
[tex]\text{Total earnings}=436+49.05[/tex]
[tex]\text{Total earnings}=485.05[/tex]
Therefore, the total earnings for 43 hours in a week is $485.05.
