Allied Industries pays at the time-and-a-half rate for all time worked over 8 hours in any one day, no matter how many hours are worked in a week. Ken Warner, an employee of Allied Industries, makes $9.50 an hour as his regular rate of pay. Last week, he worked 12 hours on Monday, 3 hours on Tuesday, and 8 hours on Friday. What were his earnings for the week?

Ken Warner's total earnings for the week at Allied Industries are $237.50, calculated by adding his regular earnings for 19 hours at $9.50 per hour and his overtime earnings for 4 hours at $14.25 per hour.

Explanation:

To calculate Ken Warner's earnings for the week at Allied Industries, we can follow these steps:

Calculate the total regular hours worked and the overtime hours.
Calculate earnings for regular hours at the regular rate of pay.
Calculate earnings for overtime hours at the time-and-a-half rate.

Ken worked a total of 23 hours during the week, with the following breakdown:

Monday: 12 hours (8 regular, 4 overtime)
Tuesday: 3 hours (all regular hours)
Friday: 8 hours (all regular hours)

The regular rate of pay is $9.50 per hour. Overtime rate is 1.5 times the regular rate, which comes to $14.25 per hour (1.5 x $9.50).

Calculating Ken's earnings:

Regular hours earnings: 19 hours x $9.50/hour = $180.50
Overtime earnings: 4 hours x $14.25/hour = $57.00

Adding both:
Total earnings = $180.50 (regular) + $57.00 (overtime) = $237.50