Cody worked 59 hours last week. Of those hours, 40 hours were paid at the regular rate of $12.50. Ten hours were paid at time-and- a-half, and 9 hours at the double-time rate. a) What was the gross pay for regular hours?
b) What was Cody’s overtime wages?
c) What was Cody’s total gross pay for the week?

Explanation:

a. What was the gross pay for regular hours?

This will be the regular pay multiplied by the regular hours. This will be:

= $12.50 × 40

= $500

b) What was Cody’s overtime wages?

Cody's overtime wages will be the total amount earned during overtime. This will be:

= [10 × ($12.50 × 1.5)] + [ 9 × ($12.50 × 2)]

= (10 × $18.75) + (9 × $25)

= $187.50 + $225.

= $412.50

c) What was Cody’s total gross pay for the week?

The total gross pay for the week will be the addition of the amount that was earned during regular hours and overtime. This will be:

= $500 + $412.50

= $912.50