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

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, that Tyrell still needs to volunteer to reach his goal for this month and solve this equation. (1 point)
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Answer 1

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

\[ h + 17 = 26 \]

Where:

• \( h \) is the number of hours Tyrell still needs to volunteer.
• 17 is the number of hours he has already volunteered.
• 26 is his goal for the month.

Now, we can solve for \( h \):

1. Subtract 17 from both sides of the equation:

\[ h = 26 - 17 \]

2. Calculate the right side:

\[ h = 9 \]

So Tyrell still needs to volunteer:

\[ h = 9 \]

In conclusion, the working equation is:

\[ h + 17 = 26 \]

And the solution is:

\[ h = 9 \]