NEED HELP 3. Jessica is paid hourly and normally works from 8:00 am to 4:00pm . Her pay for the day is $56. If Jessica works 40 hours in one week, plus 2 hours of overtime for which she get paid time and (which mean her hourly rate + half of her hourly rate), how much will she earn that week?

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rahulnair123437 rahulnair123437 · Answer 1 · 2020-04-16T09:29:36+02:00

Jessica will earn e. $301 for working 40 hours in a week plus 2 hours of overtime.

Step-by-step explanation:

Step 1:

Jessica gets paid $56 for working from 8.00 am to 4.00 pm.

So she gets paid $56 for working for 8 hours.

We need to determine how much she gets paid for 1 hour.

Jessica's hourly salary [tex]=\frac{56}{8}.[/tex]

So Jessica gets paid $7 for every hour she works.

Step 2:

If Jessica worked for 40 hours, she will earn: [tex]7(40) = 280.[/tex]

If she works 2 hours of overtime and she gets paid 1.5 times the hourly rate, then

Jessica's salary for each overtime hour [tex]= (7)(1.5) = 10.5.[/tex]

Jessica's salary for 2 overtime hours [tex]=2(10.5) =21.[/tex]

Her total salary [tex]= 280+21 = 301.[/tex]

So Jessica will earn $301 for working 40 hours in a week plus 2 hours of overtime which is option e.