You have a summer job that pays $5.60 an hour. you get $8.40 an hour for overtime (anything over 40 hours). how many hours of overtime must you earn $287?

Overtime hours = 7.5 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

Summer job pays for one hour = $5.60

payment for 40 hours = 40 × 5.6 = $224

Let i have worked of x hours as a overtime.

So total payment i received = $224 + 8.40x

My total earnings = $287

Therefore, 287 = 224 + 8.40x

8.4x = 287 - 224

8.4x = 63

x = hours

My overtime hours are 7.5 hours.

step-by-step explanation:

hans did not square the 40-unit side; he merely multiplied it by 2.   incorrect.