python if and else statements calculating employees pay [closed]

Answer 1

You could use:

pay = rate * min(hours, 40)
if hours > 40:
    pay += rate * 1.5 * (hours - 40)

To adjust the pay calculations depending on the number of hours worked.

You should probably become familiar with this resource.

Answer 2

Some hints:

• You need to prompt the user for their hourly rate as well.

• It's rate * 1.5, not rate + 1.5. That rate is only applied to hours past 40, so for the first 40 hours, you apply the regular rate:

  if hours <= 40:
      total = hours * rate
  else:
      total = 40 * rate + (hours - 40) * (1.5 * rate)
  

Answer 3

If you need to input both the hours and rate from the user, you can do so like this:

hours = int(input('how many hours did you work? '))
rate = int(input('what is your hourly rate? '))

Then once you have those variables, you can start by calculating the overtime.

if hours > 40:
  # anything over 40 hours earns the overtime rate
  overtimeRate = 1.5 * rate
  overtime = (hours-40) * overtimeRate
  # the remaining 40 hours will earn the regular rate
  hours = 40
else:
  # if you didn't work over 40 hours, there is no overtime
  overtime = 0

Then calculate the regular hours:

regular = hours * rate

Your total pay is regular + overtime.

Answer 4

print("you earn", (hours + max(hours - 40, 0) * 0.5) * rate)

or for a golfed version

print("you earn", (hours*3-min(40,hours))*rate/2)