An employee worked 48 hours in the last weekly pay period.

She is paid a normal wage of \($12\) per hour and is paid one and one-half times her normal hourly wage for all hours worked beyond 40 hours. For this pay period her gross pay is

a. \($480\)

b. \($576\)

c. \($624\)

d. \($720\)

e. \($864\)