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# Last week, Jane worked 40 hours of regular time and 8 hours

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Last week, Jane worked 40 hours of regular time and 8 hours [#permalink]  11 Jan 2018, 08:22
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Last week, Jane worked 40 hours of regular time and 8 hours of overtime. If she earns $11.50 per hour regularly and gets $$1\frac{1}{2}$$times that for overtime, how much did Jane earn last week? A.$391

B. $414 C.$460

D. $575 E.$598

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Re: Last week, Jane worked 40 hours of regular time and 8 hours [#permalink]  11 Mar 2018, 00:21
the answer must be $506 if the overtime pay is half of the regular pay(typo error in question- 11/2 times given), as 40*(11.5) + 8*0.5*11.5 = 506 Manager Joined: 15 Feb 2018 Posts: 53 Followers: 1 Kudos [?]: 17 [0], given: 33 Re: Last week, Jane worked 40 hours of regular time and 8 hours [#permalink] 14 Mar 2018, 00:01 I found the question confusing. If she earns$11.5 per hour in regular time then for working 40 hours she earns $460. If she earns 5.5 times$11.5 per hour in overtime then after after working 8 hours of working overtime, she earns $506. So in total she earns$460 + $506 =$966.

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Re: Last week, Jane worked 40 hours of regular time and 8 hours [#permalink]  22 Mar 2018, 02:32
Can someone please correct the question above?
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Re: Last week, Jane worked 40 hours of regular time and 8 hours [#permalink]  22 Mar 2018, 03:00
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Can someone please correct the question above?

Fixed! The over time pay is not $$\frac{11}{2}=5.5$$ but $$1\frac{1}{2}=1.5$$.

Total pay= regular pay +overtime pay = (regular rate) * regular time + (overtime rate)* overtime time= $$11.5 \times 40 + 11.5 \times 1.5 \times 8= 598$$
The answer is indeed E.
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Re: Last week, Jane worked 40 hours of regular time and 8 hours   [#permalink] 22 Mar 2018, 03:00
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