Question

Jack earns $616 for his first 44 hours of work in a week and is then paid 1.5 times his regular hourly rate for any additional hours. This week, Jack needs $826 to pay his rent, bills and other expenses. How many hours must he work to make enough money this week?

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Answer 1

54 hours

Explanation:

44h=616$

1h=44h divided by 44

=616$ divided by 44

= 14

150% of 14$ = 100% + 50%

= 14$ + 7$

= 21$

826$-616$ = 210$

1h(additional hour rate) =21$

10h= 210$

44h + 10h = 54h = 826$