Question

Joe is paid an overtime rate of $25 per hour after his basic wage of $600 per week.a) Write an equation for the total pay if he works h hours overtime.

Answer 1

The equation is simple

$\begin{gathered} \text{Joe works h hours overtime} \\ The\text{ overtime rate per hour is 25dollars per hour} \\ \text{Thus pay for overtime is written as 25h} \\ The\text{ basic wage is 600 dollars. Thus equation for total pay is} \\ \text{basic wage +overtime wage}=600+25h \end{gathered}$

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