If you earn $308 for one weeks work, and for every 35 hours worked you get $7 and for anything over 35 hours worked you get $10.50, how many hours did you work in one week?

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Aryan Whitaker

4 March, 06:20

If you earn $308 for one weeks work, and for every 35 hours worked you get $7 and for anything over 35 hours worked you get $10.50, how many hours did you work in one week?

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Laura Cummings · Answer 1

Laura Cummings 4 March, 07:17

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You worked 41 hours in one week

Adolfo Leonard · Answer 2

Let t denote the overtime hours. Then you know that if the employee made more than 7*35=245, then they must've worked overtime.

So 35*7 + 10.5*t = 308

Solve for t and add it to 35 to get the total hours.