Tyrell has a goal to spend 26 hours each month volunteering in a community library. So far for this month, he has volunteered for 17 hours. Write a working equation that represents the number of hours, h

Question

, that Tyrell still needs to volunteer to reach his goal for this month and solve this equation.

Answer 1

To find the number of hours \( h \) that Tyrell still needs to volunteer to reach his goal of 26 hours, we can set up an equation based on his current hours volunteered.

1. Goal hours: 26 hours
2. Hours volunteered so far: 17 hours
3. Hours still needed: \( h \)

We can represent this relationship with the following equation:

\[ 17 + h = 26 \]

To solve for \( h \), we need to isolate \( h \) on one side of the equation:

\[ h = 26 - 17 \]

Calculating the right side:

\[ h = 9 \]

So, Tyrell still needs to volunteer 9 hours to reach his goal for this month.