Kelsey Gunn is the only employee of Arsenault Company. His pay rate is $23.00 per hour with an overtime rate of 1½ times for hours over 40 in a workweek. For the week ending March 31, 20--, he worked 48 hours. Calculate his gross pay for the week using the overtime premium approach to calculate the overtime pay.

His gross pay is $1,196

Explanation:

Pay rate is $23.00 per hour with an overtime rate of 1½ times for overtime, then pay rate for per overtime hour = $23 * (1 + ½) = $34.5

Kelsey Gunn worked 48 hours, in which 40 hours is in workweek and 8 hours is in overtime

His gross pay = 40 hours * $23.00 per hour + 8 hours * $34.5 per hour = 40*23 + 8*34.5 = 1,196