How many hours overtime did a man work if he was paid $168?

The correct answer to this question is8.
If a man's regular pay is $3 per hour for up to 40 hours of work, this means he makes $120 for 40 hours. When he works overtime, he makes double per hour ($3 x2).

If he was paid $168 for all hours work (regular pay + overtime pay), we could easily tell how many hours he worked overtime.

Regular pay = $3 per hour for 40 hours = $120
Total amount earned = $168
The amount earned from overtime work = 168 – 120
= 48
Since the man gets double per for overtime, we have to divide his overtime earning by overtime hourly rate
Overtime hours worked = 48/($3x2)
= 48/6
= 8
Therefore, the man worked 8 hours of overtime to be paid a total of $168.

The correct answer to this question is 8. To find this answer, one should know first multiple the pay times the number of regular hours. This would create the equation 3 x 40, which equals 120. From there, you would subtract this amount from the full amount earned. That establishes the equation 168 - 120. This gives us 48.

Then, we need to divide this amount by the hourly wage, which provides the equation with 48 / 3= 16. Being that overtime is double, we would need to use division again, this time dividing 16 /2, which gives us our answer of 8.