Answer to Question #171111 in Financial Math for Emma Jiang

Question

Charlotte earns time-and-a-half on Saturdays and double time on Sundays. She works 35 hours from

Monday to Friday, 8 hours on Saturday and 5 hours on Sunday.Calculate Charlotte’s total earnings if

her normal rate of pay is $15.40 per hour.

Answer 1

the normal pay rate is $15.4 per hour

Monday to Friday

$35\ hrs \ * \ 15.4 = 539$

$Total \ earnings\ from \ monday\ to\ friday \ is \ \$ 539$

Saturday

$Time\ and\ half\ rate=normal pay rate\ ∗\ 1.5$

$= 15.4\ * \ 8\ *\ 1.5 = 184.8$

$Total \ earnings for \ Saturday\ is \ \$184.8$

Sunday

$Double \ Time\ rate = normal\ pay\ rate * 2$

$=15.4 ∗ 5 ∗ 2 = 154$

$Total\ earnings\ for\ Sunday\ is \$ 154$

$Charlotte's\ total \ earnings\ will \ be \ \$877.8$