YESTERDAY MARY LOU WORKED A FULL SHIFT OF M HOURS AND AN ADDITIONAL...

1. Yesterday Mary Lou worked a full shift of M hours and an additional N hours of overtime. She re-

ceived 150% of her usual hourly rate for the overtime hours. Given that M and N are positive integers,

the maximum total number of hours that Mary Lou worked yesterday to receive the equivalent of 12

hours at her usual pay was:

(A) 11 (B) 10 (C) 9 (D) 8 (E) 7