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.

Question

(1 point)
Responses

$1,100
$1,100

$1,500
$1,500

$825
$825

$900
$900

Answer 1

To calculate the earnings for the grocery store employee who works 55 hours in a week:

1. Regular Pay: The employee earns $15 an hour for the first 40 hours.

   • Regular pay = $15/hour * 40 hours = $600

2. Overtime Pay: The employee earns $20 an hour for each hour over 40. Since he worked 55 hours, the number of overtime hours is:

   • Overtime hours = 55 hours - 40 hours = 15 hours
   • Overtime pay = $20/hour * 15 hours = $300

3. Total Pay: Now, add the regular pay and the overtime pay:

   • Total pay = Regular pay + Overtime pay = $600 + $300 = $900

Thus, if the employee works 55 hours, he will make $900 for the week.

The correct answer is $900.