Question

A 66-inch candle burns down in 88 hours. How far has it burned after 7, one half hours? state your answer as a decimal, mixed number, or improper fraction

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

To find out how far the candle has burned after 7 and a half hours, we need to determine what fraction of the candle has been burned in one hour and then multiply that by the total number of hours.

First, we calculate the fraction of the candle that burns in one hour: 66 inches / 88 hours = 0.75 inches/hour.

Next, we multiply this fraction by the total number of hours burned: 0.75 inches/hour * 7.5 hours = 5.625 inches.

So after 7 and a half hours, the candle has burned down 5.625 inches.