payroll problem: find reg. pay rate, given over-time pay

Need help with the formula to solve this problem.

An employee paid time and a half earned $60 for 5 hours overtime. What is the employees regular hourly pay.

The answer is $8, but how do you come up with that?

zamarel said:

An employee paid time and a half earned $60 for 5 hours overtime. What is the employees regular hourly pay.

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If he received sixty dollars for five hours' work, how much was he paid per hour? (Hint: Divide by 5.)

If this is "time and a half" pay -- that is, 3/2 of the regular rate -- what is 1/2 of the regular rate? (Hint: Divide by 3.)

Then what is the regular rate? (Hint: Multiply by 2.)

Eliz.

...or 5 hours of overtime is same as 5*1.5 = 7.5 regular hours; so 60 / 7.5 = ?