A candle burns down at the rate of 0.5 inches per hour. The original height of the candle was 10 inches.

Question

Part A: Write a list of 6 ordered pairs to show the height of the candle in inches (y) as a function of time in hours (x) from the first hour after it started burning. For example, the point (0, 10) would represent a height of 10 inches after 0 hours. Explain how you obtained the ordered pair
(make it sound like an 8th grade girl who has mixed Anxiety depressive disorder, and dyslexia also make it less than 50 words)

Answer 1

Sure, here is a list of 6 ordered pairs:

(1, 9.5) - We subtracted 0.5 from 10 because the candle burned 0.5 inches in the first hour.
(2, 9) - We subtracted another 0.5 from the previous height.
(3, 8.5) - We kept subtracting 0.5 for each subsequent hour.
(4, 8)
(5, 7.5)
(6, 7)

I obtained these ordered pairs by subtracting 0.5 inches from the previous height for each hour because the candle burns down at a rate of 0.5 inches per hour.