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

$900
$900

$1,100
$1,100

$825
$825

$1,500

Answer 1

To determine how much the grocery store employee will make for the week if he works 55 hours, we can break down his earnings into two components: regular hours and overtime hours.

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

   • Regular pay = \( 40 \text{ hours} \times 15 \text{ dollars/hour} = 600 \text{ dollars} \)

2. Overtime Hours: The employee earns $20 an hour for any hours worked over 40. If he works 55 hours, then he worked 15 hours of overtime (55 - 40 = 15).

   • Overtime pay = \( 15 \text{ hours} \times 20 \text{ dollars/hour} = 300 \text{ dollars} \)

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

   • Total pay = Regular pay + Overtime pay
   • Total pay = \( 600 \text{ dollars} + 300 \text{ dollars} = 900 \text{ dollars} \)

Therefore, the correct answer is $900.