Example 2 9 John Dilcher is paid an hourly rate of 18 50 per hour and he worked 49 hours this week His gross pay is 40 hours x 18 50 740 00 regular earnings 249 75 overtime earnings 989 75 9 hours x 27 75 18 50 x 1 5 Total gross pay John Porter is an hourly employee of Motter Company located in New York City This week Porter had to travel to the company s regional office in Albany He left Sunday at noon and arrived in Albany at 3 00 P M During the week he worked his normal 40 hours in the Albany office Monday through Friday 9 A M to 5 P M In addition he attended the company s mandatory 4 hour work training session on Wednesday evening Porter s hourly rate of pay is 12 10 per hour Round the overtime rate to two decimal places and use the rounded amount in subsequent computations Round the final answers to the nearest cent a Porter s overtime earnings for the week are b Porter s total earnings for the week are