John earns $6.00 per hour regular pay. He also earns time and a half overtime pay. Last week, he worked 48 hours. What was his total pay?
Group of answer choices
$240.00
$168.00
$312.00
$72.00
To find John's total pay, we need to calculate his regular pay for 48 hours and add his overtime pay.
John's regular pay for 48 hours is $6.00 per hour regular pay x 48 hours = $<<6*48=288.00>>288.00.
To find John's overtime pay, we need to calculate time and a half of his regular pay rate of $6.00 per hour: time and a half = 1.5 x $6.00 = $9.00.
John's overtime pay for 48 hours is $9.00 per hour x 8 hours (overtime hours) = $<<9*8=72.00>>72.00.
His total pay is his regular pay + overtime pay = $288.00 + $72.00 = $<<288+72=360.00>>360.00.
The correct answer is $360.00, which is not one of the answer choices given.
To find John's total pay, we need to calculate his regular pay and overtime pay separately, then sum them up.
Step 1: Calculate regular pay
John earns $6.00 per hour regular pay. He worked 48 hours, so his regular pay is 48 hours * $6.00/hour = $288.00.
Step 2: Calculate overtime pay
John earns time and a half overtime pay. Since he worked 48 hours, his overtime hours are 48 hours - 40 hours (regular full-time hours) = 8 hours.
Time and a half of $6.00 is $6.00 * 1.5 = $9.00.
So, John's overtime pay is 8 hours * $9.00/hour = $72.00.
Step 3: Calculate total pay
Total pay = Regular pay + Overtime pay = $288.00 + $72.00 = $360.00.
Therefore, John's total pay is $360.00.
To calculate John's total pay, we'll need to take into account his regular pay and his overtime pay.
First, let's calculate his regular pay: John earns $6.00 per hour, and he worked 48 hours. So, his regular pay for those 48 hours would be:
$6.00/hour * 48 hours = $288.00
Now let's calculate his overtime pay: Overtime pay is typically 1.5 times the regular pay rate. So, for each overtime hour worked, John would earn:
$6.00/hour * 1.5 = $9.00/hour
John worked 48 hours in total, so we need to calculate how many of those hours were overtime hours. Since overtime hours start after 40 hours, we subtract them from the total:
48 hours - 40 hours = 8 overtime hours
Now, we multiply the number of overtime hours (8 hours) by the overtime pay rate ($9.00/hour) to find John's overtime pay:
8 hours * $9.00/hour = $72.00
Finally, to find John's total pay, we add his regular pay and overtime pay together:
$288.00 + $72.00 = $360.00
Therefore, John's total pay for the week was $360.00.
None of the answer choices provided matches the correct answer ($360.00).