Question

Tyrell has a goal to spend 26 hours each month, he has volunteered for 17 hours. Write a working equation that represents the number of hours, h, that Tyrell still needs to volunteer to reach his goal for this month and solve this equation

Answer 1

To represent the number of hours Tyrell still needs to volunteer to reach his goal of 26 hours, you can set up the equation like this:

\[
h + 17 = 26
\]

Here, \(h\) represents the number of hours Tyrell still needs to volunteer.

To solve for \(h\), you can rearrange the equation:

1. Subtract 17 from both sides:

\[
h = 26 - 17
\]

2. Calculate the right side:

\[
h = 9
\]

So, Tyrell still needs to volunteer **9 hours** to reach his goal of 26 hours this month.