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You want to hang a chandelier over a table from a 10-foot ceiling using a brass chain. The light should be 6 feet from the floor. The fixture is 18 inches high. Each link is 1 ¼ inches. how many links are in the chain?

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2.5 ft of chain = 30 inches
30/1.25 = 24 links

24 links should be your answer!

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User Phillip Roux
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Answer:

24 links.

Explanation:

You want to hang a chandelier over a table.

It is given that ceiling is 10 foot high. The light should be 6 feet from the floor.

10 - 6 = 4 feet from the ceiling.

4 feet = 48 inches.

The fixture is 18 inches high. So chain would be = 48 - 18 = 30 inches

If each link is
1(1)/(4) inches or 1.25 inches.

For 30 inches chain, number of links would be = 30 ÷ 1.25 = 24 links.

24 links are used in the chain.

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