H. If you are paid a weekly base salary of $200 plus an hourly wage of $5.00, determine an equation for finding your weekly gross pay (P) for t hours. Specify an amount between 25 and 50 hours worked for 1 week and determine your gross pay for that week.

Question

200 weekly base salary + 5 hourly wage x 50 hours a week = 250
450 gross pay for week
5 x 50

Answer 1

P=200+5t

for 40 hours
P=200+200=400 dollars

Answer 2

If you are paid a weekly base salary of $200 plus an hourly wage of $5.00, determine an equation for finding your weekly gross pay (P) for t hours. Specify an amount between 25 and 50 hours worked for 1 week and determine your gross pay for that week.