Istvan earns an annual salary of $61,000 as an executive with a provincial utility. He is paid bi-weekly. During a strike, he worked  33 hours more than regular 75 hours for a two- week pay period. What was his gross pay for that period if the company agreed to pay 1.5 times his equivalent hourly rate for overtime? (Assume that a year has exactly 52 weeks.)

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Istvan earns an annual salary of $61,000 as an executive with a provincial utility. He is paid bi-weekly. During a strike, he worked  33 hours more than regular 75 hours for a two- week pay period. What was his gross pay for that period if the company agreed to pay 1.5 times his equivalent hourly rate for overtime? (Assume that a year has exactly 52 weeks.)

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