Question

Josh is hiking Glacier National Park. He has now hiked a total of 17 km and is 2 km short of being 1/2 of the way done with his hike.

Write an equation to determine the total length in kilometers (h) of josh's hike.

Answer 1

Josh has hiked 17 km, which is 2 km away from being 1/2 done.

In a equation, this might look like: 17 + 2 = (1/2)h

where h is the length of the hike.

and solve for h, h = 38 km