Question

Mick Merrill assembles switches. He is paid $0.88 for the first 521 units assembled in a week and one-and-a-half times the regular rate for 'overtime' units and his overtime is 29. what were Mick's gross earnings for the week

Answer 1

Mick's gross earnings for the week would be $495.70.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate Mick's gross earnings for the week, we need to determine the number of regular units and the number of overtime units he assembled. He is paid $0.88 for the first 521 units, so his earnings for those units would be:

Regular units = 521

Regular earnings = Regular units * Regular rate = 521 * $0.88 = $457.48

His earnings for the overtime units can be calculated as:

Overtime units = Total units - Regular units = 29

Overtime earnings = Overtime units * Overtime rate = 29 * ($0.88 * 1.5) = $38.22

Therefore, Mick's gross earnings for the week would be:

Gross earnings = Regular earnings + Overtime earnings = $457.48 + $38.22 = $495.70