Question

what is the answer to this question: Tadeo volunteered at the library 6 times as many hours over the weekend as Dylan. Together, they volunteered a total of 14 hours. How many hours did each person volunteer over the weekend?

Answer 1

Answer:

• Tadeo: 12 hours
• Dylan: 2 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

We can let d represent the number of hours that Dylan volunteered. Then Tadeo volunteered for 6d hours, and their total hours were ...

  d +6d = 14

  7d = 14 . . . . . . collect terms

  d = 2 . . . . . . . divide by the coefficient of d

  6d = 6(2) = 12

Tadeo volunteered 12 hours; Dylan volunteered 2 hours.