If a maintenance technician is paid $5.04 per hour and works 50 hours in a week, what are their gross earnings?

To calculate the gross earnings of a maintenance technician based on the provided wage and hours worked, you start by determining the total hours worked and the wage per hour. In this case, the technician is paid $5.04 per hour and works 50 hours in a week.

Multiply the hourly wage by the number of hours worked:

$5.04 x 50 = $252.00

This resulting figure reflects the earnings for regular hours only, but it's important to consider the possibility that any hours beyond a standard 40-hour work week may be subject to overtime pay, which is typically calculated at 1.5 times the regular hourly rate. However, without specific information indicating that any of the hours are overtime, you can find the gross earnings based solely on the standard pay.

In this scenario, if we are interpreting the 50 hours as inclusive of overtime and applying the overtime wage, the calculation would be as follows for the additional 10 hours:

1. Calculate the overtime rate: $5.04 * 1.5 = $7.56.
2. Calculate regular earnings for the first 40 hours: $5.04 * 40 = $201.60.
3. Calculate earnings for the 10 hours of