A 5-inch candle burns down in 10 hours. After how many hours will it have burned 3 and one fourth inches? Use a decimal, mixed number, or improper fractions

Answer 1

To find the time it takes for the candle to burn 3 and one-fourth inches, we can set up a proportion.

Let x be the number of hours it takes to burn 3 and one-fourth inches.

We can set up the proportion:

5 inches / 10 hours = 3.25 inches / x hours

Cross multiplying, we get:

5x = 32.5

Dividing both sides by 5, we find:

x = 6.5

Therefore, it will take 6.5 hours for the candle to burn 3 and one-fourth inches.