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A store owner pays her employees a time and a half for overtime. that means for every hour an emploee works more than 40 hours per week, the store will pay 1.5 times the regular hourly wage of $8.50.
a. write a function that defines the hourly pay for emploees who work up to but not more than 40 hours a week.
b. write a function that defines the hourly pay for overtime hours worked.
c. combine the two functions to form a piecewise function, in which each function is defined for a specific domain
Explanation & Answer
a : - f(x) = 8.5 * x
b : - f(x) = 8.5 * 1.5 * x = 12.75*x
c : - f(x) = 8.5*x when 0 < x < 40
&
f(x) = 12.75 * x When x > 40
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