Question

Jim stocks shelves at a grocery store. He aerns $8.60 per hour for 37.5 hours each week. One week a large shipment arrives late and Jim is asked to work overtime at 1.5 times his regular rate. He works 4.5 hours for overtime. What are his total earnings for the week?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation

Since Jim earns 8.60 per hour for 37.5 hours each week. His normal earnings for a week becomes,

`earnings=8.60*37.5=322.5\text{ dollars}`

During the late shipment period, Jim had to earned an overtime payment at 1.5 times his regular rate. This means per overtime hour he would earn

`1.5*8.60=12.9`

Therefore, for 4.5 hours for overtime, we will have;

`12.9*4.5=58.05\text{ dollars}`

Hence, altogether, he would make;

`322.5dollars+58.05dollars=380.55\text{ dollars}`

Answer: 380.55 dollars