Mr. Smith earns $15.50 per hour for the first 40 hours he works in a week. He earns 1 ½ times that amount per hour for each hour beyond 40 hours in a week. Last week Mr. Smith worked 48.5 hours. How much money did he earn?

He earned $817.625

Step-by-step explanation:

It is pretty easy just 40 times 15.50 than keep that answer. than 15.50 times 1 1/2 than multiply the answer of that by 8.5 which is how much extra he worked than add the two big numbers which is 620.000 by 197.625 and you get 817.625.

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