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julio is paid 1.4 times his normal hourly rate for each hour he works over 30 hours in a week. last week he worked 35 hours and earned $436.60. write and solve an equation to find julio's normal hourly rate, r.
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Julio worked 35 hours means he was paid r dollars per hour for the 30 hours and 1.4r dollars per hour for the remaining 35 - 30 = 5 hours:
30r + 5*1.4r = 436.60
by solving we find
r = $11.8 per hour
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Julio's normal hourly rate is $11.8 per hour.