Higher June 2022 Paper 1 Q8

AQACurrent spec3 marksRatio & Basic Proportion

8 In a week, Samir is paid

  • a basic hourly rate for the first 30 hours worked
  • an overtime hourly rate for any extra hours worked.

The graph shows his pay for working up to 40 hours in a week.

Graph of Pay (£) from 0 to 700 against Hours worked from 0 to 40. A straight line from (0, 0) to (30, 450), then a steeper straight line from (30, 450) to (40, 700)

Work out the ratio    basic hourly rate : overtime hourly rate

Give your answer in its simplest form. [3 marks]