You have a summer job that pays $5.60 an hour. You get $8.40 an hour for overtime. How many hours of overtime?

Question

The rest of the question is

must you work to earn $287?

Answer 1

wellll how many hours do you work at 5.60 an hour

also its against the law for an employer to pay you less then 7.15 per hr

The equation is

5.60n+8.40n=287.00

Answer 2

7 and a half hours (if overtime is is considered after 40 hours):

5.6(40) = 224

287 - 224 = 63

63 / 8.4 = 7.5

Answer 3

anything worked over 40 hours is considered overtime.  so take 5.6*40=224 then take 287-224=63 then take 63/8.4=7.5 so its 40+7.5=47.5 hours