Question

Carissa earns $450 per week for a 40 hour work week plus $16.83 per hour for each hour of overtime after 40 hours. Write an equation that would be used to determine her weekly wages where, W, is her wages and, V, is the number of overtime hours worked.

Answer 1

W = 450 + 16.83V

Explanation:

For 40 hours Carissa

earning = $450

earning for 1 hour of over time = $16.83

multiplying both side by V

earning for v hour of over time = $16.83*V = $16.83V

weekly wage(W) = earning for 40 hours + earning for V hour of over time

W = 450 + 16.83V

Thus equation will be as given below for weekly earning