SOLUTION: Liam volunteers to help plan the event. The first month, he volunteered for x hours. The next month, he volunteered for 123 times as many hours as he had the first month. If he vol

Question 1099564: Liam volunteers to help plan the event. The first month, he volunteered for x hours. The next month, he volunteered for 123 times as many hours as he had the first month. If he volunteered for a total of 40 hours, how many hours did he volunteer during the first month? Write an equation to represent the situation and solve
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the first month he volunteers for x hours.
the second month he volunteers for 123 times as many hours as he volunteered for the first month.

x + 123x = 40

combine like terms to get 124x = 40

solve for x to get x = 124/40 = .3225806452 hours.

this corresponds to roughly .3225806452 * 60 = 19.356483871 minutes.

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