Question
A grocery store employee earns 20$ an hour for each hour over 40 that he works a week. How much will he make for the week if he works 55 hours
Answers
GPT-4o mini
To calculate the weekly earnings of the grocery store employee who works 55 hours, we need to break down the hours into regular and overtime.
1. **Regular hours**: The employee works the first 40 hours at the regular rate.
2. **Overtime hours**: The employee works 55 - 40 = 15 hours of overtime.
Now we will calculate the earnings:
- **Regular pay**:
\[
\text{Regular pay} = 40 \, \text{hours} \times 20 \, \text{dollars/hour} = 800 \, \text{dollars}
\]
- **Overtime pay** (typically overtime pay is calculated at 1.5 times the regular rate, but in this case, it is stated as $20 per hour for every hour over 40, which we will assume means the same rate):
\[
\text{Overtime pay} = 15 \, \text{hours} \times 20 \, \text{dollars/hour} = 300 \, \text{dollars}
\]
- **Total pay**:
\[
\text{Total pay} = \text{Regular pay} + \text{Overtime pay} = 800 \, \text{dollars} + 300 \, \text{dollars} = 1100 \, \text{dollars}
\]
Therefore, the employee will make **$1100** for the week.
1. **Regular hours**: The employee works the first 40 hours at the regular rate.
2. **Overtime hours**: The employee works 55 - 40 = 15 hours of overtime.
Now we will calculate the earnings:
- **Regular pay**:
\[
\text{Regular pay} = 40 \, \text{hours} \times 20 \, \text{dollars/hour} = 800 \, \text{dollars}
\]
- **Overtime pay** (typically overtime pay is calculated at 1.5 times the regular rate, but in this case, it is stated as $20 per hour for every hour over 40, which we will assume means the same rate):
\[
\text{Overtime pay} = 15 \, \text{hours} \times 20 \, \text{dollars/hour} = 300 \, \text{dollars}
\]
- **Total pay**:
\[
\text{Total pay} = \text{Regular pay} + \text{Overtime pay} = 800 \, \text{dollars} + 300 \, \text{dollars} = 1100 \, \text{dollars}
\]
Therefore, the employee will make **$1100** for the week.