Roxanna earns 1.5 her normal hourly rate for overtime pay. last week, roxanna earned $72.00 in overtime pay for 4 hours. what is roxanna's normal hourly pay ?

Roxanna's normal hourly pay is $ 12

Solution:

Lets assume Roxanna's normal hourly pay = "x"

As overtime pay is 1.5 times of normal pay  

So Roxanna's overtime hourly pay =

Also given in 4 hours, in overtime Roxanna earned $72.00

So in 1 hour, in overtime Roxanna earned =

That means Roxanna's overtime hourly pay = 18

Also we have calculated Roxanna's overtime hourly pay in terms of "x" that is 1.5x

=> 1.5x = 18

=>

Roxanna’s normal hourly pay = x = $12

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