A skier started a fire in the fireplace. Each log she put on burned for a half-hour. If she started with a supply of 10 logs, for how many hours could the fire burn?

Answer 1

Each log burns for half an hour (0.5 hours). If the skier starts with 10 logs, we can calculate the total burn time by multiplying the number of logs by the burn time of each log:

\[ 10 \text{ logs} \times 0.5 \text{ hours/log} = 5 \text{ hours} \]

Therefore, the fire could burn for a total of 5 hours.