smclean23 wrote:An employee is paid 1.5 times the regular hourly rate for each hour worked in excess of 40 hours per week, excluding Sunday, and 2 times the regular hourly rate for each hour worked on Sunday. How much was the employee paid last week?

1. The employee's regular hourly rate is $10
2. Last week the employee worked a total of 54 hours but did not work more than 8 hours on any day.

Answer is E, both statements together are not sufficient.

*I thought the answer was C. Since the employee worked a total of 54 hours but did not work more than 8 hours on any day, (Monday thru Saturday she could work 8 days per, giving her 48 hours of work then 6 hours on Sunday).

Is it that the question doesn't say the employee can or can't work Saturdays which makes my logic wrong?

PLEASE HELP.

I thought the answer was C. Since the employee worked a total of 54 hours but did not work more than 8 hours on any day, (Monday thru Saturday she could work 8 days per, giving her 48 hours of work then 6 hours on Sunday).

smclean23 wrote:An employee is paid 1.5 times the regular hourly rate for each hour worked in excess of 40 hours per week, excluding Sunday, and 2 times the regular hourly rate for each hour worked on Sunday. How much was the employee paid last week?

1. The employee's regular hourly rate is $10
2. Last week the employee worked a total of 54 hours but did not work more than 8 hours on any day.

Answer is E, both statements together are not sufficient.

*I thought the answer was C. Since the employee worked a total of 54 hours but did not work more than 8 hours on any day, (Monday thru Saturday she could work 8 days per, giving her 48 hours of work then 6 hours on Sunday).

Is it that the question doesn't say the employee can or can't work Saturdays which makes my logic wrong?

PLEASE HELP.

smclean23 wrote:An employee is paid 1.5 times the regular hourly rate for each hour worked in excess of 40 hours per week, excluding Sunday, and 2 times the regular hourly rate for each hour worked on Sunday. How much was the employee paid last week?

1. The employee's regular hourly rate is $10
2. Last week the employee worked a total of 54 hours but did not work more than 8 hours on any day.

Answer is E, both statements together are not sufficient.

*I thought the answer was C. Since the employee worked a total of 54 hours but did not work more than 8 hours on any day, (Monday thru Saturday she could work 8 days per, giving her 48 hours of work then 6 hours on Sunday).

Is it that the question doesn't say the employee can or can't work Saturdays which makes my logic wrong?

PLEASE HELP.

Waqas_Jameel wrote:Guys, please explain ....

How many days does the week have ? 5 or 6 ?

Now, going by 2nd statement, he cannot work > 8 hours per day.

So it cannot be 6 days working. You cannot divide 40/8. It has to be necessarily 5 days working.
If this is true, then :

5 days work - 8*5 = 40 hrs
Saturday - 8 = 48 hrs (cumulative addition )
Sunday - 6 hrs = 54 ( Cumulative addition )

Where am I wrong here ?? Please elaborate .

smclean23 wrote:An employee is paid 1.5 times the regular hourly rate for each hour worked in excess of 40 hours per week, excluding Sunday, and 2 times the regular hourly rate for each hour worked on Sunday. How much was the employee paid last week?

1. The employee's regular hourly rate is $10
2. Last week the employee worked a total of 54 hours but did not work more than 8 hours on any day.

Answer is E, both statements together are not sufficient.

*I thought the answer was C. Since the employee worked a total of 54 hours but did not work more than 8 hours on any day, (Monday thru Saturday she could work 8 days per, giving her 48 hours of work then 6 hours on Sunday).

Is it that the question doesn't say the employee can or can't work Saturdays which makes my logic wrong?

PLEASE HELP.