I get paid $12 per hour. what is time and half for every hour over 40 hours

1.5

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the employee's regular earnings, multiply their regular pay rate ($12) by 40 hours. Next, calculate the employee's time and a half pay rate. Multiply 1.5 by the employee's regular rate of pay.

answer: first option i.e. 'a' is correct.

step-by-step explanation:

since we have given that

number of minutes to wrap a small gift box = 4 minutes

we need to find the number of gifts to be wrapped in 5 minutes

since there is a direct variation, as the number of minutes will increase with   number of gifts to be wrapped.

so, let the number of gifts to be wrapped in 5 minutes be x.

so, it becomes,

hence, first option 'a'   is correct.

x = -5

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