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Christine worked 51 hours last week. For every hour she works over forty hours
she gets paid double. If her gross pay for the week was $837, what was her regular
hourly wage?

Respuesta :

Answer:

$13.50/hr

Step-by-step explanation:

Using r to represent her unknown pay rate, set up an equation based on the information given:

[tex]40r+11(2r)=837[/tex]

Solve for r:

[tex]40r+22r=837\\62r=837\\r=13.5[/tex]