A lot of people have been sick at Gary's workplace, so he's been working a lot of extra shifts to fill in for people. As a result, he's earned some overtime (where every hour after 40 he earns 1.5 times his normal wage.) His paycheck (before taxes are taken out) came out to $696. If Gary normally earns $12 per hour, how many hours did he work that week?
Let's be accurate as possible. Think before you answer.
52
Gary earned overtime, so he worked at least 40 hours.

for which he was paid 40 hours * $12 / hour = $480 at his normal wage.

This means that $696 - $480 = $216 was earned at his overtime wage.

His overtime wage is 1.

5 his normal wage, or $12 * 1.

5 = $18 per hour.

So Gary worked $216 / $18 per hour = 12 hours' worth of overtime.

So in total, Gary worked 40 hours + 12 hours = 52 hours that week.

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Thus, the answer is 52