During weekdays, Richard is working as a part-time library assistant at a university. He needs to work for a total of 30 hours a week. For the first three days of the week, he worked 21 1/5 hours. Complete the working equation that represents the number of hours, h , Richard needs to work to reach 30 hours for the week and solve the equation.(1 point)

Question

During weekdays, Richard is working as a part-time library assistant at a university. He needs to work for a total of 30 hours a week. For the first three days of the week, he worked  21 1/5  hours. Complete the working equation that represents the number of hours,  h , Richard needs to work to reach 30 hours for the week and solve the equation.(1 point)
h + 21 1/5 =

GPT 3.5 · Accepted Answer

h + 21 1/5 = 30

To solve the equation, we need to subtract 21 1/5 from both sides:

h + 21 1/5 - 21 1/5 = 30 - 21 1/5

This simplifies to:

h = 8 4/5 or 8.8 hours

Thus, Richard needs to work an additional 8.8 hours to reach a total of 30 hours for the week.