Gloria earns 1.5 times her normal hourly pay for each hour that she works over 40 hours in a week. Here normal pay is $9.70 per hour. Last week Gloria earned $489.85 How many hours did she work last week?
She earns ($9.70x40) for a 40 hour week=$388 She earned $489.85-$388 extra= $101.85 She gets paid $9.7x1.5 for every extra hour=$14.55 She worked $101.85/$14.55 hours extra=7hours She worked 7+40 hours that week=47 hours