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Molly needs to get 117 hours of community service for one of the clubs she joined at school and has 18 weeks to complete the community service hours. She usually tries to get 5 hours of community service each week. Molly wrote the equation 117 = 18(x + 5) to represent her situation.

Part 1

Which sentence describes what the variable x represents?
A.
Molly needs x more weeks to complete her community service hours.
B.
Molly needs to work x more hours to meet her goal of 117 total hours.
C.
Molly needs to work x more hours each week to meet her goal of 117 total hours.
D.
Molly will have x extra hours of community service after the 18 weeks is over.
Part 2

Solve Molly's equation for x. (Use only the digits 0 - 9 and the decimal point, if needed, to enter the value.)

User NickNo
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The answer to your question is C.
User Nataly
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Answer:

x=4.83

C. Molly need to work X more hours each week to meet her goal of 116 total hours

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