Monica Wilson gets $12.75 per hour with time and a half for any time over 40 hours per week. If she works a 50 hr week and gets paid $652.25, by how much was she underpaid?
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how do i set up the equation?
12.75 * 40 = ?
Time and a half = 12.75 * 1.5 = ?
Multiply the above by 10 hours.
Add those together and subtract 652.75.
49.05
To determine how much Monica Wilson was underpaid, we first need to calculate her regular pay for the week and then determine the overtime pay.
1. Calculate regular pay: Monica Wilson gets paid $12.75 per hour. Since she worked 40 hours or less, her regular pay would be calculated as:
Regular Pay = Hourly Rate * Hours Worked = $12.75 * 40 = $510
2. Calculate overtime pay: Time and a half means Monica Wilson earns one and a half times her regular rate for each hour worked over 40 hours. Since she worked 50 hours in total, the number of overtime hours is 50 - 40 = 10.
Overtime Pay = Overtime Hours * Hourly Rate * 1.5 = 10 * $12.75 * 1.5 = $191.25
3. Calculate total pay: Add the regular pay and the overtime pay to get the total pay for the week:
Total Pay = Regular Pay + Overtime Pay = $510 + $191.25 = $701.25
Finally, to find out how much Monica Wilson was underpaid:
Underpaid Amount = Total Pay - Paid Amount = $701.25 - $652.25 = $49
Therefore, Monica Wilson was underpaid by $49.