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Question

Quadrant one of a coordinate plane shows the x axis labeled hours worked and the y axis labeled amound earned.

A grocery store employee earns $15 an hour. He earns $20 an hour for each hour over 40 that he works in the week. Use the graph to solve for how much he will make for the week if he works 55 hours.

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Responses

$825
$825

$1,500
$1,500

$900
$900

$1,100
$1,100
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Answer 1

To calculate how much the grocery store employee will make for working 55 hours, we can break it down as follows:

1. Regular pay for the first 40 hours at $15 per hour: \[ 40 \text{ hours} \times 15 \text{ dollars/hour} = 600 \text{ dollars} \]

2. Overtime pay for the additional 15 hours (55 total hours - 40 regular hours) at $20 per hour: \[ 15 \text{ hours} \times 20 \text{ dollars/hour} = 300 \text{ dollars} \]

3. Total pay for the week: \[ 600 \text{ dollars} + 300 \text{ dollars} = 900 \text{ dollars} \]

Therefore, if the employee works 55 hours in a week, he will make $900.

The correct response is: $900.