A 5-inch candle burns down in 10 hours. After how many hours will it have burned 7 1/4 inches? Use the drop down menu to state your answer as a decimal, mixed number, or improper fraction.

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Answer:

14.5

Explanation:

Inches = k * (hours)

[tex]\frac{Inches}{Hours}=k\\\\\frac{5}{10}=k \\\\0.5=k[/tex]

[tex]i=0.5 *h\\\\7\frac {1}{4} =0.5*h\\\\7.25=0.25*h\\\\\frac{7.25}{0.5} =h\\\\14.5=h[/tex]

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