Question

Christine worked 51 hours last week. For every hour she works over forty hours

she gets paid double. If her gross pay for the week was $837, what was her regular
hourly wage?

Answer 1

$13.50/hr

Explanation:

Using r to represent her unknown pay rate, set up an equation based on the information given:

`40r+11(2r)=837`

Solve for r:

`40r+22r=837\\62r=837\\r=13.5`