Chloe earns $5.55 per hour regular pay. She also earns time and a half overtime pay. Last week, she worked 48 hours. What was her total pay?
Group of answer choices
$222.00
$288.60
To calculate Chloe's total pay, we need to determine her regular pay and overtime pay separately.
Regular pay = $5.55 per hour * 48 hours = $266.40
Overtime pay = ($5.55 per hour * 1.5) * (48 hours - 40 hours) = ($5.55 * 1.5) * 8 hours = $66.60
Total pay = Regular pay + Overtime pay = $266.40 + $66.60 = $333.00
Therefore, Chloe's total pay is $333.00, which is not one of the given options.
Step 1: Calculate regular pay:
Regular pay per hour = $5.55
Regular hours worked = 48 hours
Regular pay = Regular pay per hour x Regular hours worked
Regular pay = $5.55 x 48
Regular pay = $266.40
Step 2: Calculate overtime pay:
Overtime pay per hour = Regular pay per hour x 1.5
Overtime hours worked = 48 - 40 (overtime starts after 40 hours)
Overtime pay = Overtime pay per hour x Overtime hours worked
Overtime pay = $5.55 x 1.5 x (48 - 40)
Overtime pay = $83.25
Step 3: Calculate total pay:
Total pay = Regular pay + Overtime pay
Total pay = $266.40 + $83.25
Total pay = $349.65
Therefore, Chloe's total pay is $349.65, which is not one of the given options.
To calculate Chloe's total pay, we need to calculate both her regular pay and her overtime pay.
First, let's calculate her regular pay:
Chloe earns $5.55 per hour for regular pay.
She worked 48 hours, so her regular pay is calculated as:
Regular pay = $5.55/hour * 48 hours = $266.40
Next, let's calculate her overtime pay:
Chloe earns time and a half overtime pay, which means she gets paid 1.5 times her regular pay rate for any hours worked over 40.
Since she worked 48 hours, she worked 8 hours of overtime (48 hours - 40 hours = 8 hours).
Overtime pay = 8 hours * ($5.55/hour * 1.5) = $66.24
Now, we can calculate her total pay:
Total pay = Regular pay + Overtime pay = $266.40 + $66.24 = $332.64
So Chloe's total pay for last week was $332.64.
None of the provided answer choices ($222.00 and $288.60) match the calculated total pay.