Answer:
a. Mr. James' basic rate of payment is $9.25 per hour
b. Mr. James worked 8 hours overtime.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given that:
Hours of a basic week = 40 hours
Gross wage earned = $518.00
Amount of overtime = $148.00
We will subtract this amount from gross wage to calculate the basic weekly wage.
Basic weekly wage = 518.00 - 148.00 = $370
a. Calculate Mr. James’ basic rate of payment.
Basic rate = [tex]\frac{Weekly\ wage}{Week\ hours}[/tex]
Basic rate = [tex]\frac{370}{40}[/tex]
Basic rate = $9.25 per hour
b. If overtime was paid for at double-time, calculate how many hours Mr. James worked overtime.
Double time overtime means that the hourly wage is doubled for every overtime hour.
Per hour overtime wage = $9.25*2 = $18.50
Number of overtime hours = [tex]\frac{Total\ overtime\ amount}{Per\ overtime\ hour\ wage}[/tex]
Number of overtime hours = [tex]\frac{148.00}{18.50}[/tex]
Number of overtime hours = 8
Hence,
a. Mr. James' basic rate of payment is $9.25 per hour
b. Mr. James worked 8 hours overtime.
