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An employee earns $7 an hour for the first 35 hours worked in a week and $10.50 for any hours after 35.One week's paycheck was for $308. How many hours did the employee work?
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Let x represent the total number of hours that the employee worked
7*35 + 10.50*(x - 35) = 308
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x = 41 hr
The employee worked 41 hours.